Question

How do you simplify `(m^2 - 5m - 14)/(m^2 - 4m + 4)` and what are the restrictions?

Answer 1

First you factorise:

Explanation:

`=((m+2)(m-7))/((m-2)(m-2))`

As you see, there's nothing to simplify.

Restriction is that the numerator may not be `=0`, so:

`m!=2`