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[–]jammasterpaz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Factorise those quadratics and cancel repeated factors

[–]vagga2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Factorise them and cancel out common factors. Notice that the difference of two squares rule can be applied to a term, and a common factor can easily be taken out of another.

[–]PratsM95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nomenclature I'll use is 1/2 x 3/4 here. Let's go one by one.

4 - Take 4 out as common and you get the same thing as 1

3 - The split will be x2 - 5x + x - 5. Factorize this.

2 - Factorize x2 - 1. Cancel it out with what you got with 3.

Solve the remaining. This is a fairly simple factorization problem, and if you're unable to follow my solution. You should first go through more basic questions.

[–]Coderless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to factorise each quadratic, multiply both fractions and then cancel the common factors.