Question

3x - 6 / x-2 simplify the rational expression

Answer 1

$\bf \cfrac{3x-6}{x-2}\implies \cfrac{3(\underline{x-2})}{\underline{x-2}}\implies 3$

Answer 2

So we have the equation:

$\frac{3x-6}{x-2}$

Then we can talk out a common factor of 3 in the numerator:

$\frac{3(x-2)}{x-2}$

Since we have the term (x - 2) in both the numerator and the denominator (and in the numerator this term is being multiplied), we are able to cancel out these terms.

Therefore, the final answer is 3.