So the first thing you do is dove the equations. Let's do the numerator equation. 8(2)-4 is simply saying 8•2-4 and i don't know if u learned this in class yet but you do multiplication and division before addition and subtraction so 8•2=16-4=12 so now 12 is our numerator. Now for the denominator, 8/4=2 so 2 is our denominator. We have 12/2 but it can be simplified to 6 because 6 goes into 12 twice and u cans check this by doing 6•2=12
Hope this helps m8 :))
-- The area of the long skinny piece on top is (6 x 33) = 198
-- The length of the dotted line between the top and bottom pieces is (33-21) = 12
-- The area of the bottom piece is (12 x 15) = 180
-- The area of the whole thing is (198 + 180) = 378
-- The perimeter of the whole thing is (33 + 6 + 21 + 15 + 12 + 15 + 6) = 108
You can factor (x^3 and 6x^2) and (-4x and -24).
So x^2(x+6) - 4(x+6)
(x^2-4)(x+6)
(x-2)(x+2)(x+6)
The answer is the one that has a denominator of X-5 :)
