SOLUTION: reduce each answer to lowest terms. 3/x+1 + 2/x-1

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Question 309891: reduce each answer to lowest terms.
3/x+1 + 2/x-1
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3/x+1 + 2/x-1
LCM = (x+1)(x-1)
3(x-1)+2(x+1)/(x+1)(x-1)
3x-3+2x+2 / (x+1)(x-1)
x-1 /(x+1)(x-1)
1 /x+1