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Expressedas asingle fraction, what isx+0,-1?X +

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(1)/(x+1)+(1)/(x)

Use the definition of the addition of fractions


(a)/(b)+(c)/(d)=(a\cdot d+b\cdot c)/(b\cdot d)

apply this definition to the fraction given


(1)/(x+1)+(1)/(x)=(1\cdot(x)+1\cdot(x+1))/((x+1)\cdot x)
\begin{gathered} (x+x+1)/(x^2+x) \\ (2x+1)/(x^2+x) \end{gathered}

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