SOLUTION: Write 3x-1/x+1 in a form a/x+1 +b state the values of a and b

Question 1007414: Write 3x-1/x+1 in a form a/x+1 +b state the values of a and b
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You might really mean this:
(3x-1)/(x+1) in a form a/(x+1)+b

Not the same as what you wrote.

Better notation will resemble the two forms, and .

Begin with the second form, the one using two terms, and combine into a single rational expression.

, and this is comparable in form to the first given rational expression. Now the comparison of corresponding expressions or variables and numbers gives you:

and simpler -----b is obvious, and solving for a is simple. .
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