Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter R - Review of Basic Concepts - R.5 Rational Expressions - R.5 Exercises - Page 54: 87

Answer

$\frac{-2x-h}{((x+h)^2+9)(x^2+9)}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Perform operations to the numerator: $\frac{1}{(x+h)^2+9}-\frac{1}{x^2+9}=\frac{x^2+9-(x+h)^2-9}{((x+h)^2+9)(x^2+9)}=\frac{-2xh-h^2}{((x+h)^2+9)(x^2+9)}$ Step 2. Use the above results in the original expression, we have: $\frac{\frac{1}{(x+h)^2+9}-\frac{1}{x^2+9}}{h}=\frac{\frac{-2xh-h^2}{((x+h)^2+9)(x^2+9)}}{h}=\frac{-2x-h}{((x+h)^2+9)(x^2+9)}$
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