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Here is the problem: (x squared minus 1)/(x minus 1) equals 2.

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A quadratic equation in x: solve with the quadratic formula.

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Start with the equation.

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Multiply both sides by x minus 1 to clear the fractions. This is only valid where x minus 1 not equal to 0, so any value that makes it zero is excluded at the end.

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Move every term to one side to get standard form.

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Compute the discriminant.

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delta equals 0, so there is one repeated real root.

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Apply the quadratic formula.

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Factored form.

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Remove extraneous roots. x equals 1 makes a denominator zero and is rejected.

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So the answer is No solution.

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The quadratic formula gives every solution of ax squared plus bx plus c equals 0.