Simplify (r-8)/(7(r+2))*(7(r+2))/(r+2)

$\frac{r - 8}{7 (r + 2)} \cdot \frac{7 (r + 2)}{r + 2}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $7 (r + 2)$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{r - 8}{7 (r + 2)} \cdot \frac{7 (r + 2)}{r + 2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$(r - 8) \cdot \frac{1}{r + 2}$

Step 2

Multiply $r - 8$ by $\frac{1}{r + 2}$ .

$\frac{r - 8}{r + 2}$