To simplify the expression \( \frac{x^2 - 6x - 16}{x^2 - 64} \div (2x + 4x^2 + x - 56) \), we first need to factor both the numerator and denominator of the first fraction, and then handle the division by the second expression.
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Start with the first fraction's numerator: \( x^2 - 6x - 16 \). To factor \( x^2 - 6x - 16 \):
- We look for two numbers that multiply to \(-16\) and add to \(-6\). These numbers are \(-8\) and \(2\).
- Thus, \( x^2 - 6x - 16 = (x - 8)(x + 2) \).
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Now for the first fraction's denominator: \( x^2 - 64 \).
- This is a difference of squares: \( x^2 - 8^2 = (x - 8)(x + 8) \).
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Now, we can rewrite the first fraction: \[ \frac{(x - 8)(x + 2)}{(x - 8)(x + 8)}. \]
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We can cancel the common factor \( x - 8 \) (as long as \( x \neq 8 \)): \[ \frac{x + 2}{x + 8}. \]
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Now we need to divide by the second expression \( 2x + 4x^2 + x - 56 \):
- Rearranging, we get \( 4x^2 + 3x - 56 \).
- To factor \( 4x^2 + 3x - 56 \), we can look for two numbers that multiply to \(4 \times (-56) = -224\) and add to \(3\).
- The numbers \(16\) and \(-14\) work here since \(16 - 14 = 2\) gives a total of 3 when dealing with the coefficients of \(x\).
We can express it as follows: \[ 4x^2 + 16x - 14x - 56 = 4x(x + 4) - 14(x + 4) = (4x - 14)(x + 4). \] Further factoring gives us: \[ (2x - 7)(x + 4). \]
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Putting it all back into the expression gives us: \[ \frac{x + 2}{x + 8} \div (2x - 7)(x + 4) = \frac{x + 2}{x + 8} \cdot \frac{1}{(2x - 7)(x + 4)} = \frac{x + 2}{(x + 8)(2x - 7)(x + 4)}. \]
Now the expression has been simplified and does not match up perfectly cleanly with the original response options given. However:
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