Answer
$x=1 $ or $x=-1$.
Work Step by Step
By factorization, we have
$$x^2-1=(x+1)(x-1)=0.$$
Then we have
$$(x-1 ) =0, \quad \text{or} \quad (x+1)=0$$
that is $x=1 $ or $x=-1$.
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