Simplify the rational expression. State any restrictions on the variable? Please check my answer/correct it

6(x216)-2(x2x12)

My Answer: 4(x+4)(x+3)
restrictions: x=-4,4,-3

1 Answer
Apr 13, 2018

Restrictions look good, might have been oversimplified.

Explanation:

(6x216)(2x2x12)
Factoring bottom parts:
=(6(x+4)(x4))(2(x4)(x+3))
Multiply left by (x+3x+3) and right by (x+4x+4) (common denomanators)
=6(x+3)(x+4)(x4)(x+3)2(x+4)(x4)(x+3)(x+4)
Which simplifies to:
(4x+10(x+4)(x4)(x+3))
Please check me, but I'm not sure how you got to (4(x+4)(x+3))
... anyway, restrictions look good though.