Question

How do you simplify `(x^2 - 4)/(x^2 - 4x + 4)`?

Answer 1

`(x+2)/(x-2)`

Explanation:

You can write it as:
`((x+2)(x-2))/(x-2)^2=`
`=((x+2)cancel((x-2)))/(x-2)^cancel(2)=(x+2)/(x-2)`