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Which expression is equivalent to the expression below?

Which expression is equivalent to the expression below?-example-1
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User Brian Glaz
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Answer:

C.
(1)/((m-4)(m-3))

Explanation:

First note that


m^2-16=(m+4)(m-4) \quad \text {and} \quad m^2-9=(m+3)(m-3)

On the other hand, the expression from the question is equivalent to


(m+3)/(m^2-16) \cdot (m+4)/(m^2-9)=(m+3)/((m+4)(m-4))(m+4)/((m+3)(m-3))

we cancel the equal terms in the numerator and the denominator and finally we get that our expression is equivalent to


(1)/((m-4)(m-3))

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