Answer
$$\frac{x^2-9}{x^2+x-12}=\frac{x+3}{x+4}$$
Explanation
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{x^2-9}{x^2+x-12}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x+3}{x+4}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Simplify $ \dfrac{x^2-9}{x^2+x-12} $ to $ \dfrac{x+3}{x+4} $. Factor both the denominator and the numerator, then cancel the common factor. $\color{blue}{x-3}$. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x^2-9}{x^2+x-12} & =\frac{ \left( x+3 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( x-3 \right) }}{ \left( x+4 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( x-3 \right) }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{x+3}{x+4} \end{aligned} $$ |
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