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PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
it’s a division equation

PLEASE HELP!!!!!! it’s a division equation-example-1
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Answer:

x+1

DOMAIN: x
\\eq -5

Explanation:

We can factor
x^(2)+6x+5 as (x+1)(x+5) since this expands to
x^(2)+5*x+1*x+5*1, which is
x^(2)+6x+5.

Now, we have:


((x+1)(x+5))/((x+5))

We can cancel out x+5, because this expression is the same as (x+1)*
(x+5)/(x+5), which is (x+1).

HOWEVER, the denominator cannot be equal to zero because that will make the expression undefined (you can't divide by zero). So, since x+5
\\eq0, x
\\eq-5.

User Gurhan
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The answer is x + 1, because the numerator factored is (x+5)(x+1). Because of this, the x+5 on the denominator cancels out. This leaves the x+1, making it the answer.
User MichelDelpech
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