Question

Simplify. x/4x+x^2

Answer 1

$\bf \cfrac{x}{4x+x^2}\implies \cfrac{\begin{matrix} x \\[-0.7em]\cline{1-1}\\[-5pt]\end{matrix}}{\begin{matrix} x \\[-0.7em]\cline{1-1}\\[-5pt]\end{matrix}~~(4+x)}\implies \cfrac{1}{4+x}\qquad \{x|x\in \mathbb{R}, x\ne -4\}$

if you're wondering about the restriction of x ≠ -4, is due to that would make the fraction with a denominator of 0 and thus undefined.