SOLUTION: Simplify the rational expression: x to the 3rd power - 1 ___________ ___________ __ 1-x

SOLUTION: Simplify the rational expression: x to the 3rd power - 1 ___ _ 1-x

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Question 288479: Simplify the rational expression:
x to the 3rd power - 1
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1-x
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Recognize (x^3 - 1) as the difference of squares, which factors, so you have;

Rewrite (1-x)

cancel (x-1)
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