SOLUTION: Can you give me a step by step of how to solve this: If x = –3, what is the value of x^2 - 1 / x + 1 ?

SOLUTION: Can you give me a step by step of how to solve this: If x = –3, what is the value of x^2 - 1 / x + 1 ?

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Question 145798: Can you give me a step by step of how to solve this:
If x = –3, what is the value of x^2 - 1 / x + 1 ?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.

Plug in .

Square -3 to get 9.

Subtract 1 from 9 to get 8.

Add -3 to 1 to get -2.

Reduce

So if
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