can someone explain the steps to simplifying this

[faint pine]

how could we combine these fractions?

[crimson steppe]

cross multiply

[faint pine]

you don't need to

you can just times the right fraction by (x-1)

and then bring it all together

[crimson steppe]

?

[faint pine]

you've now timesed everything by (x-1)

just times the right fraction by (x-1)

2x/(x-1)(x-1) - (x-1)/(x-1)(x-1)

2x-(x-1)/(x-1)(x-1)

[crimson steppe]

so thats it fully simplified

cause the (x-1) cancel

[faint pine]

you can simplify the numerator

(x-1) does not cancel

not how maths works unfortunately

it's because the (x-1)(x-1) is combined in the denominator

if it was just one term

then sure

[faint pine]

yes