College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321979478
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter R - Section R.7 - Rational Expressions - R.7 Assess Your Understanding - Page 72: 83

Answer

$-\frac{1}{x-1}$

Work Step by Step

We reduce to find: $1-\dfrac{1}{1-\frac{1}{x}}=1-\dfrac{1}{\frac{x}{x}-\frac{1}{x}}=1-\dfrac{1}{\frac{x-1}{x}}=1-\frac{x}{x-1}=\frac{x-1}{x-1}-\frac{x}{x-1}=-\frac{1}{x-1}$
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