Question

Can someone please help me factor this

Answer 1

Answer:

$\huge\boxed{\bf\:1}$

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{ x ^ { 2 } -4x+3 }{ x ^ { 2 } -7x+12 } \times \frac{ x ^ { 2 } +2x-24 }{ x ^ { 2 } +5x-6 } ^ { }$

Take $\frac{ x ^ { 2 } -4x+3 }{ x ^ { 2 } -7x+12 }$ & factorise it at first.

$\frac{ x ^ { 2 } -4x+3 }{ x ^ { 2 } -7x+12 } \\= \frac{\left(x-3\right)\left(x-1\right)}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)}\\= \frac{x-1}{x-4}$

Now factorise the next set : $\frac{ x ^ { 2 } +2x-24 }{ x ^ { 2 } +5x-6 } ^ { }$.

$\frac{ x ^ { 2 } +2x-24 }{ x ^ { 2 } +5x-6 } ^ { }\\= \frac{\left(x-4\right)\left(x+6\right)}{\left(x-1\right)\left(x+6\right)}\\= \frac{x-4}{x-1}$

Now, multiply the two simplified results.

$\frac{ x ^ { 2 } -4x+3 }{ x ^ { 2 } -7x+12 } \times \frac{ x ^ { 2 } +2x-24 }{ x ^ { 2 } +5x-6 } ^ { }\\= \frac{x-1}{x-4}\times \frac{x-4}{x-1} \\= \frac{\left(x-1\right)\left(x-4\right)}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-1\right)} \\= \boxed{\bf\: 1}$

$\rule{150pt}{2pt}$