SOLUTION: x^2-5x+4/x-1 can someone please show me how to simplify this problem?

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: x^2-5x+4/x-1 can someone please show me how to simplify this problem? This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by mathispowerful, homeworkhelpanytime:
Answer by mathispowerful(115) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
simplify
first factor the numerator, we get

now cancel the common factor (x-1),
answer is x - 4

Answer by homeworkhelpanytime(21) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(x^2-5x+4)/x-1
To simplify this we will get factors of x^2-5x+4 which are as follows-
x^2-5x+4
=(x-4)(x-1)
so it can be written as [(x-4)(x-1)]/(x-1)
answer will be (x-4)
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