Solve the equation ((x^2+2)^2)/x^2=9

First, note that we have x² in the denominator. This tells us that x² cannot equal to 0. So we have the boundary condition that x is not equal to 0. Now, to get rid of the denominator, we can multiply both sides by x². This will give us the equation (x²+2)²=9x². In order to solve this, we can move all terms to the left hand side and we will get (x²+2)²-9x²=0. Note that the expression 9x² can be written as (3x)². So we have (x²+2)²-(3x)²=0. This can be factorised as (x²+2+3x)(x²+2-3x)=0 using the product of sum and difference of two binomials. Note that the expression in the first brackets x²+3x+2 can also be written as x²+x+2x+2 which can be factorised as x(x+1)+2(x+1)=(x+1)(x+2). Similarly, the expression in the second brackets x²-3x+2 can be written as x²-x-2x+2=x(x-1)-2(x-1)=(x-1)(x-2). So by factorising the expressions in the brackets, we get for our equation (x+1)(x+2)(x-1)(x-2)=0. So the solutions for this are -2,-1, 1 and 2.