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Find the break even points of the expression $\frac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+5x+6}$

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Final Answer

$x=1$
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Find the break even points of the polynomial $\frac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+5x+6}$ by putting it in the form of an equation and then set it equal to zero

$\frac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+5x+6}=0$
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Factor the trinomial $x^2+5x+6$ finding two numbers that multiply to form $6$ and added form $5$

$\begin{matrix}\left(2\right)\left(3\right)=6\\ \left(2\right)+\left(3\right)=5\end{matrix}$
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Thus

$\frac{x^2+x-2}{\left(x+2\right)\left(x+3\right)}=0$
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Factor the trinomial $x^2+x-2$ finding two numbers that multiply to form $-2$ and added form $1$

$\begin{matrix}\left(-1\right)\left(2\right)=-2\\ \left(-1\right)+\left(2\right)=1\end{matrix}$
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Thus

$\frac{\left(x-1\right)\left(x+2\right)}{\left(x+2\right)\left(x+3\right)}=0$
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Simplifying

$\frac{x-1}{x+3}=0$
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Multiply both sides of the equation by $x+3$

$x-1=0$
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We need to isolate the dependent variable , we can do that by simultaneously subtracting $-1$ from both sides of the equation

$x-1+1=0+1$
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Canceling terms on both sides

$x=1$

Verify that the solutions obtained are valid in the initial equation

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The valid solutions to the equation are the ones that, when replaced in the original equation, don't make any denominator equal to $0$, since division by zero is not allowed

$x=1$

Final Answer

$x=1$

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