- Started with
\[\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\]
0.1
- Using strategy
rm 0.1
- Applied flip-+ to get
\[\color{red}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}} \leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)}^2 - {\left(\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}^2}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}}\]
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- Using strategy
rm 13.8
- Applied *-un-lft-identity to get
\[\frac{{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)}^2 - {\left(\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}^2}{\color{red}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}} \leadsto \frac{{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)}^2 - {\left(\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}^2}{\color{blue}{1 \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}}\]
13.8
- Applied difference-of-squares to get
\[\frac{\color{red}{{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right)}^2 - {\left(\frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}^2}}{1 \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)} \leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}}{1 \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}\]
13.8
- Applied times-frac to get
\[\color{red}{\frac{\left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}{1 \cdot \left(\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}\right)}} \leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}}{1} \cdot \frac{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}}\]
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- Applied simplify to get
\[\color{red}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) + \frac{1}{x - 1}}{1}} \cdot \frac{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}} \leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) - \frac{2}{x}\right)} \cdot \frac{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}\]
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- Applied simplify to get
\[\left(\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) - \frac{2}{x}\right) \cdot \color{red}{\frac{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}{\left(\frac{1}{x + 1} - \frac{2}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x - 1}}} \leadsto \left(\left(\frac{1}{x - 1} + \frac{1}{1 + x}\right) - \frac{2}{x}\right) \cdot \color{blue}{1}\]
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