(x2+3x-4)/(3x-7) Can u simplify and cancel the 3x in the denominator and numerator out
No you can't cancel the 3x's out!
(x2+3x-4)/(3x-7) can be written as (x+4)(x-1)/(3x-7)
Thanks, Alan....
BTW....here's a tip if you get stuck like this...it isn't necessarily foolproof, but it might give you a clue.....subsitute a non-zero integer for x and see if we have equivalent expressions if we " cancel" 3x out......I'll use x = 1
So
[x^2 + 3x - 4] / [ 3x - 7] evaluates to [0] / [-4] = 0
But
[x^2 -4] / [-7] evaluates to [-3] / [-7] = 3/7
So....."cancelling" 3x does NOT result in an equivalent expression........!!!!