Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32193-104-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-32193-104-7

Appendix A - Review - A.6 Rational Expressions - A.6 Assess Your Understanding - Page A53: 44

Answer

$\dfrac{x+6}{x-1} , \quad x\neq 1$

Work Step by Step

The denominators are additive inverses of each other so we factor out factoring $-1$ out of the denominator of the second rational as follows: \begin{align*} \frac{6}{x-1}-\frac{x}{1-x}&=\frac{6}{x-1}-\frac{x}{-(x-1)}\\ \\&=\frac{6}{x-1}-\frac{-x}{x-1}\\ \\&=\frac{6}{x-1}+\frac{x}{x-1}\\ \\&=\frac{x+6}{x-1}, \quad x\ne1\end{align*}
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