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Simplify xx1xx+1xx21

 Jun 14, 2020
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Let's first combine the top two fractions in the numerator.

x(x+1)x(x1)x21=x2+xx2+xx21=2xx21

This is what our fraction looks like now:
2xx21xx21

We can multiply top and bottom by x21, which cancels to 2xx=2

 Jun 14, 2020
edited by thelizzybeth  Jun 15, 2020
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Multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by (x21), we have

 

xx1xx+1xx21=x(x+1)x(x1)x=x((x+1)(x1))x=2xx=2

This holds for x0

 Jun 14, 2020

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