document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=547904>Question 547904</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{x^2 - 1}{x - 1} - x = \frac{(x-1)(x+1)}{x-1} - x = (x+1) - x = 1\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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