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Simplify (x+3)(x+6)/(x+3)(x+2)

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You can see immediately that (x+3) appears in both the numerator and the denominator. Cancel. This leaves you with

x+6
-----
x+2

This is true EXCEPT for x = -3 and x = -2.
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