Question 238560
Perform the indicated operations and simplify
(these are fractions not dividing)
z-7/z-8-z+1/z+8+z-24/z^2-64 
It's not clear what you mean.  Add some parentheses.
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Simplify by removing factors of 1 (factors of 1?)
t^2-1/(t+1)^2
This could be t^2 - (1/(t+1)^2, but I think it's 
(t^2-1)/(t+1)^2
= (t+1)*(t-1)/(t+1)^2
= (t-1)/(t+1)