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Simplify the rational expression x-2/x2+3x-10

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3x^3-10x^2+x-2 over x^2
User Oscar Gomez
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The answer is 1/x+5.

To get this:
x - 2x - 2
x² + 3x - 10 (x - 2)(x + 5)
Cancel out any repeating factors. In this case, we have (x - 2);
x - 21
(x - 2)(x + 5) x + 5

Hope this helps.


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