SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation: x-1 multiplied by x-4/x^2-1

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Question 198381This question is from textbook McDougal Littell Algebra 1
: Please help me solve this equation: x-1 multiplied by x-4/x^2-1 This question is from textbook McDougal Littell Algebra 1

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.


Factor the denominator


Combine the terms.


Cancel out the common terms.


Simplify


So

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