Derivative of (-sqrt(1 + x^2)) / x: What Did I Do Wrong?

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Homework Statement


Differentiate (-sqrt(1 + x^2)) / x


Homework Equations


[f'(x)g(x) - f(g)g'(x)] / [g(x)]^2


The Attempt at a Solution


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I need to simplify it further, but before I do I checked it into Mathematica and it says the derivative is incorrect. What did I do wrong?
 
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What you did looks fine. It might be that what you typed into Mathematica isn't right. Or maybe Mathematica is just giving you the same thing in a different form. Try factoring (x2 + 1)-1/2 out of the two terms in the numerator.