so remember how you can factor out ones like (4/8)=(4/4)(1/2)=(1)(1/2) so first factor each think see if we can simplify any of them [tex] \frac{ \frac{(x+1)(x+1)}{(x-2)} }{ \frac{(x+1)(x-1)}{(x+2)(x-2)} } [/tex] can't ok so remember division of fractions