Question

What is this problem simplified

Answer 1

$\frac{x^2 - 5x-6}{x^2 - 36}$

You can begin to simplify this by factoring both the numerator and denominator:

$\frac{x^2 - 5x-6}{x^2 - 36} = \frac{(x-6)(x+1)}{(x-6)(x+6)}$

Next, cancel out any common factors in both the numerator and denominator:

$\frac{(x-6)(x+1)}{(x-6)(x+6)} = \frac{x+1}{x+6}$

Your answer would be $\frac{x+1}{x+6}$.