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Final Simplification Step in Rational Expressions

As a technical assistant at an engineering firm, you are reviewing a colleague's work on a load-balancing formula: vv+1+3v16v21\frac{v}{v+1} + \frac{3}{v-1} - \frac{6}{v^2-1}. The colleague has correctly combined the terms and simplified the numerator to the trinomial v2+2v3v^2 + 2v - 3. To complete the simplification process, which specific binomial factor must be identified in both the numerator and the denominator so that it can be divided out?

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