Meanings of inequalities :
< less than
> more than
= equal
convert both fractions to their common denominators , which is 40.
7/2/5 = 7/16/40
7/3/8 = 7/15/40
as you can see, 7/2/5 is bigger. thus the answer is > .
There would be a hole when x = -4.
If you factor both the top and the bottom, you will see that the factor (x + 4) is in both the numerator and denominator. Therefore, the would be a hole when x = -4 because that would also make the denominator 0.
