How do you simplify the rational expressions $(x^2-2x-3)/(x^2 +6x+5)$ ?

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How do you simplify the rational expressions $(x^2-2x-3)/(x^2 +6x+5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-15T17:14:04

You can factorize the numerator and denominator (for example, the numerator, trying to find two numbers that added give $-2$ and multiplied $-3$ ) to get:
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