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Can someone help me express this as a single fraction, i’m not sure of my answer

Can someone help me express this as a single fraction, i’m not sure of my answer-example-1

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Answer:

3x-6/2
\sqrt{x-1

Explanation:

1. first we have to get the denominator the same, so we multiply by
\sqrt{x-1 to the first fraction top and bottom which leaves as with

3(x-1)/2
\sqrt{x-1 - 3/2
\sqrt{x-1

- we can expand the numerator of the first fraction which becomes

3x-3/ 2
\sqrt{x-1 - 3/2
\sqrt{x-1

2. we can now subtract te fraction as we have the same denominator this gives us

3x-6/2
\sqrt{x-1

3. your final answer would be

3x-6/2
\sqrt{x-1

{If the question asked to simplify your answer you would rationalize your answer by multiplying top and bottom by
\sqrt{x-1 to give you the answer of

(3x-6)
\sqrt{x-1/2x-2}

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