SOLUTION: Take a number (except 1). Square that number and then subtract 1. Divide by one less than your original number. Now subtract your original number. How does this number game wor
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Question 547904: Take a number (except 1). Square that number and then subtract 1. Divide by one less than your original number. Now subtract your original number. How does this number game work? How did the number game use the skill of simplifying rational expressions?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You'll always get 1 because
(x+1)}{x-1} - x = (x+1) - x = 1)
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