How do you simplify $(9-z^2)/(2z^2+z-15)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-17T14:21:33

The answer is $=(3-z)/(2z-5)$

We use

$a^2-b^2=(a+b)(a-b)$

The numerator is

$9-z^2=(3-z)(3+z)$

The denominator is

$2z^2+z-15=(2z-5)(z+3)$

So,

$(9-z^2)/(2z^2+z-15)=((3-z)cancel((3+z)))/((2z-5)cancel((z+3)))$

$=(3-z)/(2z-5)$

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