How do you divide $\frac{x^{2} + 4 x + 4}{x + 2}$ $(x^2+4x+4) / (x+2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-26T02:13:36

x+2.

First you can rewrite the numerator $x^{2} + 4 x + 4$ $x^2+4x+4$ to:
(x+2)(x+2)

After that we can cancel the x+2 on the denominator:
$\frac{(x + 2) (x + 2)}{x + 2}$ $((x+2)(x+2))/(x+2)$ = $(x + 2)$ $(x+2)$

How do you divide x2+4x+4x+2(x^2+4x+4) / (x+2) ?