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Simplify the following expression.

a^2-25/a^2+7a+10

 Nov 12, 2015
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a^2-25/a^2+7a+10   factor top and bottom

 

[ (a + 5) (a - 5) ] / [ ( a + 5) ( a + 2) ]         " cancel" (a + 5)   factors

 

( a - 5) / ( a + 2)

 

 

 

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 Nov 12, 2015

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