Express as a single term: 1/2x+1 - x/x-1

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Homework Statement



express as a single term: 1/2x+1 - x/x-1

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it says to bring to a common denominator

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I think I should take out an x-1 but I forget where to go from there. I will be posting a lot of questions this is a review for my test tomorrow that i forgot about.
 
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multiply the first term by (x-1)/(x-1) and the second by (2x+1/2x+1)