SOLUTION: Take any number (except for 1). Square that number and then subtract one. Divide by one less than your original number. Now subtract your original number. Did you reached 1 for an
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Question 482508: Take any number (except for 1). Square that number and then subtract one. Divide by one less than your original number. Now subtract your original number. Did you reached 1 for an answer? You should have. How does this number game work? (Hint: Redo the number game using a variable instead of an actual number and rewrite the problem as one rational expression). How did the number game use the skill of simplifying rational expressions Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Take any number (except for 1).
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Square that number and then subtract one.
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Divide by one less than your original number.
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Now subtract your original number. Did you reached 1 for an answer? You should have.
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How does this number game work? (Hint: Redo the number game using a variable instead of an actual number and rewrite the problem as one rational expression). How did the number game use the skill of simplifying rational expressions
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Procedure
Start: x
Next:: x^2-1
Next:: (x^2-1)/(x-1) = x+1
Final:: x+1-x = 1
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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