Simplify (3a-27)/(3a+3)

$\frac{3 a - 27}{3 a + 3}$

Step 1

Factor $3$ out of $3 a$ .

$\frac{3 (a) - 27}{3 a + 3}$

Step 2

Factor $3$ out of $- 27$ .

$\frac{3 (a) + 3 \cdot - 9}{3 a + 3}$

Step 3

Factor $3$ out of $3 (a) + 3 (- 9)$ .

$\frac{3 (a - 9)}{3 a + 3}$

Step 4

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $3$ out of $3 a$ .

$\frac{3 (a - 9)}{3 (a) + 3}$

Factor $3$ out of $3$ .

$\frac{3 (a - 9)}{3 (a) + 3 (1)}$

Factor $3$ out of $3 (a) + 3 (1)$ .

$\frac{3 (a - 9)}{3 (a + 1)}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 (a - 9)}{3 (a + 1)}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{a - 9}{a + 1}$

$\frac{a - 9}{a + 1}$

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