Eric Nicholas K's answer to Jy's Secondary 4 A Maths Singapore question.

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Eric Nicholas K
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We need to convert the above equation first, typically by long division or the technique which I used in the paper. Once you observe that 3x2 - 4x and 9x2 - 12x are related by a multiplier of 3, this problem becomes simplified.

There is no need to split the fraction into partial fraction (which would have not achieved any simpler fraction anyway).