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