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Posted by Jonathon on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 6:05pm.

Reduce each rational expression to lowest terms:

3x^2-12y^2 over x^2+4xy+4y^2

• Math - Henry, Friday, October 15, 2010 at 6:30pm

  (3x^2 - 12y^2) / (x^2 + 4xy + 4y^2),
  3(x^2 - 4y^2) / (x + 2y) (x + 2y),
  3(x + 2y) (x - 2y) / (x + 2y)(x - 2y),
  Cancel two (x + 2y) factors and get:
  
  3(x - 2y) / (x + 2y).
  

• Math - Henry, Friday, October 15, 2010 at 6:38pm

  CORRECTION: The denominator of the 3rd expression should be (x + 2y) (x + 2y).
  

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