How do you simplify $\frac{2 x + 6}{2 (x + 3)}$ $(2x+6)/(2(x+3))$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-06T14:49:30

$\frac{(2 x + 6)}{2 (x + 3)}$ $color(blue)((2x+6))/(2(x+3))$

The terms of the numerator $(2 x + 6)$ $color(blue)((2x+6)$ have $2$ $color(blue)(2$ in common.

We can rewrite the numerator as:
$(2) (x + 3)$ $color(blue)((2)(x+3)$

Now , our expression becomes:

$color(blue)cancel((2)(x+3))/cancel(2(x+3)$

$= 1$

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