SOLUTION: Perform the indicated operations and simplify x-3 / x-9 - x+1 / x+9 + x-117 / x^2-81 very confused and i am lost, please help me

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Question 359073: Perform the indicated operations and simplify

x-3 / x-9 - x+1 / x+9 + x-117 / x^2-81


very confused and i am lost, please help me

Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Get the three terms over a common denominator. Then expand and simplfy if possible

so let's get all three terms over

Now expand the first two terms

Collect like terms in the numerator


Now Simplify (remember that

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