Simplify (-2x)/(x^2-x-6)-4/(x^2-5x+6)

$\frac{- 2 x}{x^{2} - x - 6} - \frac{4}{x^{2} - 5 x + 6}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

Factor $x^{2} - x - 6$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $- 6$ and whose sum is $- 1$ .

$- 3, 2$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$\frac{- 2 x}{(x - 3) (x + 2)} - \frac{4}{x^{2} - 5 x + 6}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{(2) x}{(x - 3) (x + 2)} - \frac{4}{x^{2} - 5 x + 6}$

Factor $x^{2} - 5 x + 6$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $6$ and whose sum is $- 5$ .

$- 3, - 2$

Write the factored form using these integers.

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

Step 2

To write $- \frac{2 x}{(x - 3) (x + 2)}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{x - 2}{x - 2}$ .

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

Step 3

To write $- \frac{4}{(x - 3) (x - 2)}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{x + 2}{x + 2}$ .

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

Step 4

Write each expression with a common denominator of $(x - 3) (x + 2) (x - 2)$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{2 x}{(x - 3) (x + 2)}$ by $\frac{x - 2}{x - 2}$ .

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

Multiply $\frac{4}{(x - 3) (x - 2)}$ by $\frac{x + 2}{x + 2}$ .

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

Reorder the factors of $(x - 3) (x + 2) (x - 2)$ .

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

Reorder the factors of $(x - 3) (x - 2) (x + 2)$ .

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

Step 5

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

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

Step 6

Simplify the numerator.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apply the distributive property.

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

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

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

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

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

Multiply $- 2$ by $- 1$ .

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

Apply the distributive property.

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

Multiply $- 2$ by $2$ .

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

Subtract $2 x$ from $2 x$ .

$\frac{2 (- x^{2} + 0 - 4)}{(x + 2) (x - 2) (x - 3)}$

Add $- x^{2}$ and $0$ .

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

Step 7

Simplify with factoring out.

Factor $- 1$ out of $- x^{2}$ .

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

Rewrite $- 4$ as $- 1 (4)$ .

$\frac{2 (- (x^{2}) - 1 (4))}{(x + 2) (x - 2) (x - 3)}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (x^{2}) - 1 (4)$ .

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

Simplify the expression.

Rewrite $- (x^{2} + 4)$ as $- 1 (x^{2} + 4)$ .

$\frac{2 (- 1 (x^{2} + 4))}{(x + 2) (x - 2) (x - 3)}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

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

Simplify (-2x)/(x^2-x-6)-4/(x^2-5x+6)

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