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Standardizing Opposite Denominators in Unit Processing Models

An operations coordinator at a logistics center is comparing two different unit processing time models represented by these rational formulas:

2n2+8n1n21\frac{2n^2 + 8n - 1}{n^2 - 1} and n27n11n2\frac{n^2 - 7n - 1}{1 - n^2}

To find the simplified difference, the coordinator sets up the subtraction:

2n2+8n1n21n27n11n2\frac{2n^2 + 8n - 1}{n^2 - 1} - \frac{n^2 - 7n - 1}{1 - n^2}

Identify the specific mathematical relationship between the denominators n21n^2 - 1 and 1n2{}1 - n^2, and state the specific multiplier that must be used to rewrite these expressions with a common denominator.

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