Question

Help please someone I have solved this multiple times factoring out the quadratic equations and I keep getting m as -1. But the correct answer says m is -5.

Answer 1

Answer:  m = -5

Step-by-step explanation:

$\dfrac{m+3}{m^2+4m+3}-\dfrac{3}{m^2+6m+9}=\dfrac{m-3}{m^2+4m+3}\\\\\\\dfrac{m+3}{(m+3)(m+1)}-\dfrac{3}{(m+3)(m+3)}=\dfrac{m-3}{(m+3)(m+1)}\quad \rightarrow m\neq-3, m\neq-1$

Multiply by the LCD (m+3)(m+3)(m+1) to eliminate the denominator. The result is:

(m + 3)(m + 3) - 3(m + 1) = (m - 3)(m - 3)

Multiply binomials, add like terms, and solve for m:

(m² + 6m + 9) - (3m + 3) = m² - 9

    m² + 6m + 9 - 3m - 3 = m² - 9

                  m² + 3m + 6 = m² - 9

                           3m + 6 =  -9

                                  3m = -15

                                    m = -5