College Algebra CLEP Practice Exam 2026 – Complete Exam Prep

The other options are incorrect because they do not account for the entire expression in the denominator. Option A and B only simplify the numerator and leave the denominator untouched. Option C confusingly adds a reciprocal to the simplified expression. The correct answer, D, accounts for the entire expression in the denominator and simply simplifies the numerator by canceling out one of the x terms. This gives us the final simplified expression of x/(x + 6).