Yikes, that looks ugly. This problem is a sneaky one, because we need to apply two layers of factoring. Maybe there's a draft. First, we can pull out a common factor of 2x to find  .
Canceling that factor of 2x from the numerator and denominator gives us  .
Then the numerator factors again, so we can rewrite the expression as  .
This simplifies to 4x + 1. All that junk reduces to 4x + 1. Isn't math the most wonderful thing in the world? Smile and nod. | 
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