Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 9781337271172
ISBN 13: 978-1-33727-117-2

Prerequisites - P.5 - Rational Expressions - Exercises - Page 49: 62

Answer

$\frac{-2x-h}{(x+h)^2x^2}$

Work Step by Step

$\dfrac{\frac{1}{(x+h)^2}-\frac{1}{x^2}}{h}=\dfrac{\frac{x^2}{(x+h)^2x^2}-\frac{(x+h)^2}{x^2(x+h)^2}}{h}=\dfrac{\frac{x^2-(x+h)^2}{(x+h)^2x^2}}{h}=\frac{x^2-(x^2+2xh+h^2)}{h(x+h)^2x^2}=\frac{-2xh-h^2}{h(x+h)^2x^2}=\frac{-2x-h}{(x+h)^2x^2}$
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