How do you simplify $(p^2-64)/(p+8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-02T11:40:02

$p-8$

Notice that $8xx8=64$

Write as

$" "(p^2-8^2)/(p+8)$

But $p^2-8^2 = (p+8)(p-8)$

$(cancel((p+8))(p-8))/(cancel(p+8))$

$p-8$

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