How do you simplify #\frac { 3x - 6} { 6x - 6}#?

1 Answer
Apr 6, 2018

#(x-2)/(2x-2)#

Here's how I did it:

Explanation:

To simplify this, we will factor it by #3#:

#(3(x-2))/(3(2x-2)#

Since both the numerator and denominator is multiplied by #3#, we can cancel them out:
#(cancel(3)(x-2))/(cancel(3)(2x-2))#

So the answer is:
#(x-2)/(2x-2)#

Hope this helps!