Can you please help me solve this question?

Question

Express the ratio x^2 + 4x -12/ x^2 - 4 in simplest form.

Thanks.

Answer 1

top and bottom both factor, then we can cancel

(x^2 + 4x - 12) / (x^2 - 4)
= (x-2)(x+6)/((x+2)(x-2))
= (x+6)/(x+2)