SOLUTION: Simplify x^2-x over x^2-1

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Question 430734: Simplify
x^2-x over x^2-1

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Simplify
x^2-x over x^2-1

x² - x
-------
x² - 1

x(x - 1)
--------- {factored x out of top and factored bottom into two binomials, it was a "difference of two squares"}
(x + 1)(x - 1)

x
---- {cancelled x - 1 on top and bottom}
x + 1
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