How to simplify algebraic fractions ?

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$(5x -15)/(3x^2 - 13x + 12)$

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-26T15:02:01

$(5x - 15)/(3x^2 - 13x + 12)$

You must factor everything to see if there are equal elements that you can eliminate.

$(5(x - 3))/((x - 9)(x - 4))$

Nothing can be eliminated, so we're finished simplified.