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x2 - 1 is not a perfect square and thus does not have a square root. It does have two factors though, and those would be (x - 1) and (x + 1).

*** if x2-1 is in the square root symbol [also (x2-1)-2 ], you would end up with x+1-2 throught the process of distribution. (which is the same as saying the square root of 1)

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