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Step-by-step explanation:

The answer choices suggest there is a common factor of (x+2) that can be removed from numerator and denominator.

The denominator factors as ...

The numerator obviously has no factors of x. We can try any of several means to determine if (x+2) is a factor. I tried synthetic division and found that the numerator can be written as ...

Then the expression simplifies to ...

tickets for the harlem globetrotters

show at michigan state university in

2010 cost $16, $23, or, for vip seats, $40.

total revenue = 16x + 23y + 40z

if 9 times as many $16 tickets were sold

as vip tickets,

x = 9z => x – 9z = 0, if 9 times as many $16 tickets were sold

as vip tickets,

x = 9z => x – 9z = 0, sales of all three kinds of tickets would

total $46,575.

16x + 23y + 40z = 46575, how many of each kind of ticket would

have been sold?

solve for x, y and z

x − 9z = 0

x − y − z = 55

16x + 23y + 40z = 46575

x = 1170

y = 985

z = 130

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