Algebra.Com's Answer #52998 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![\"\"](\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\")  
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document.write( " To get rid of the fractions, multiply everything by the LCD (the LCD is x^2)
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document.write( " Distribute the x^2
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document.write( " Combine like terms
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document.write( " Get everything to one side
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document.write( " Group the highlighted terms
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document.write( " Factor out a 7x^2 out of the 1st group of parenthesis and factor out a 2 out of the 2nd group of parenthesis. Notice how we have a common term of (x+1). We can combine them now
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document.write( " Combine the terms. If we let y=(x+1) it would look like  Now we can solve for x.
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document.write( " Isolate each factor and solve:
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document.write( " There's our answer
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document.write( " This answer will not be real (I don't know if you know about complex roots yet), so I would ignore this factor.
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document.write( "So our answer is x=-1
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document.write( "Check
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document.write( "Plug in x=-1
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document.write( " Works
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