How do you simplify $\frac { 3x ^ { 2} - 25x + 8} { 3x ^ { 2} - x }$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-14T12:41:43

$=(x-8)/x$

Alright, the first thing that we are going to want to do is write it down:

$=(3x^2 -25x+8)/(3x^2-x)$

We are going to have to factor this problem out, so lets do that know:

$=((3x-1)(x-8))/(x(3x-1))$

Now we just simplify!

$=(x-8)/x$

Hope this helped!
~Chandler Dowd

How do you simplify \frac { 3x ^ { 2} - 25x + 8} { 3x ^ { 2} - x }\frac { 3x ^ { 2} - 25x + 8} { 3x ^ { 2} - x }?