Algebra Examples

$\frac{- 2 x - 8}{4 x - 12}$

Step 1

Factor $2$ out of $- 2 x - 8$ .

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Step 1.1

Factor $2$ out of $- 2 x$ .

$\frac{2 (- x) - 8}{4 x - 12}$

Step 1.2

Factor $2$ out of $- 8$ .

$\frac{2 (- x) + 2 (- 4)}{4 x - 12}$

Step 1.3

Factor $2$ out of $2 (- x) + 2 (- 4)$ .

$\frac{2 (- x - 4)}{4 x - 12}$

Step 2

Factor $4$ out of $4 x - 12$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $4$ out of $4 x$ .

$\frac{2 (- x - 4)}{4 (x) - 12}$

Step 2.2

Factor $4$ out of $- 12$ .

$\frac{2 (- x - 4)}{4 x + 4 \cdot - 3}$

Step 2.3

Factor $4$ out of $4 x + 4 \cdot - 3$ .

$\frac{2 (- x - 4)}{4 (x - 3)}$

Step 3

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 3.1

Factor $2$ out of $4 (x - 3)$ .

$\frac{2 (- x - 4)}{2 (2 (x - 3))}$

Step 3.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 (- x - 4)}{2 (2 (x - 3))}$

Step 3.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- x - 4}{2 (x - 3)}$

Step 4

Since no factors can be removed from the denominator, there are no holes in the graph.

No holes

Step 5