Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter R - Review of Basic Concepts - R.5 Rational Expressions - R.5 Exercises - Page 54: 85

Answer

$\frac{-1}{x(x+h)}$

Work Step by Step

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