How do you simplify the expression $(x^2-x-12)/(x^2-6x+8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-08T23:55:05

I would factorize the numerator and denominator to get:
$((x-4)(x+3))/((x-4)(x-2))=(x+3)/(x-2)$

Do you know how to factorize?

How do you simplify the expression (x^2-x-12)/(x^2-6x+8)(x^2-x-12)/(x^2-6x+8)?