#factorising

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dapper elm
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Factorise both the numerator and the denominator, for the numerator it’s a quadratic and you can factorise it as one

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Denominator just take 2x out as common and put the rest inside the bracket

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Now you have (x-3) on both the numerator and the denominator

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Because you’re dividing those two, they just cancel out (= multiplication by 1) and you’re left with the rest of the terms which are (3x+1)/2x in this case

dapper elm
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It’s factorising a quadratic where the coefficient of x^2 is greater than 1, I’ll send you a quick video you can watch to get familiar with it