Question

(-w-6)/(w^2+4w-12), how do i write this into simplest form?

Answer 1

First factorise the top = -(w+6)
The first factorise the bottom: (w^2 + 4w -12) = (w+6) (w-2)
Therefore the two (w+6) cancels out and you are left with -1 / w-2