SOLUTION: Simplify x^2+x-2/x^2-1

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Question 169795: Simplify
x^2+x-2/x^2-1

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression.


Factor to get .


Factor to get .


Highlight the common terms.


Cancel out the common terms.


Simplify.


So simplifies to .


In other words, where or

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