Solve the following equations. Show all your work. (2 points)
x/x-2 +x-1/x+1 = -1
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I assume you mean
x/(x-2) + (x-1)/(x+1) = -1
using a common denominator of (x-2)(x+1), we have
x(x+1) + (x-1)(x-2) = -1(x-2)(x+1)
3x(x-1) = 0
x = 0 or 1
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Solve the following equation step by step and show your work. x/x-2 + x-1/x+1 = -1
Sure, let's solve the equation step by step:
1) First, let's find a common denominator for the two fractions. The common denominator is (x - 2)(x + 1) because it includes both denominators.
2) Multiply the first fraction by (x + 1) on both the numerator and denominator:
(x(x+1)/((x-2)(x+1))) + (x-1)/(x+1) = -1
Now we have a common denominator and the equation looks like this:
(x(x+1) + (x - 1)(x-2))/((x-2)(x+1)) = -1
3) Simplify the numerator:
(x^2 + x + x^2 - 3x + 2)/(x^2 - x - 2) = -1
(2x^2 - 2x + 2)/(x^2 - x - 2) = -1
4) Multiply both sides by (x^2 - x - 2) to eliminate the denominator:
2x^2 - 2x + 2 = -x^2 + x + 2
6x^2 - 3x = 0
5) Factor out x:
x(6x - 3) = 0
6x - 3 = 0 or x = 0
6) Solve for x:
6x - 3 = 0
6x = 3
x = 1/2
So the solutions to the equation are x = 0 and x = 1/2.
And that's how you clown around with equations!
To solve the given equation (x/x-2) + (x-1/x+1) = -1, we need to find the value(s) of x that satisfy the equation.
Let's simplify the equation step by step:
Step 1: Find the common denominator
To add fractions with different denominators, we need to find the least common multiple (LCM) of the denominators. In this case, the denominators are (x - 2) and (x + 1).
The LCM of (x - 2) and (x + 1) is (x - 2)(x + 1).
Step 2: Multiply each term with the common denominator
To eliminate the denominators, we need to multiply each term by the common denominator (x - 2)(x + 1):
[(x/x - 2) * (x - 2)(x + 1)] + [(x - 1/x + 1) * (x - 2)(x + 1)] = -1 * (x - 2)(x + 1)
Step 3: Simplify the equation
Now, let's simplify the expression:
(x(x + 1)) + ((x - 1)(x - 2)) = -1(x - 2)(x + 1)
We have:
x(x + 1) + (x - 1)(x - 2) = -1(x - 2)(x + 1)
Step 4: Expand and simplify
Expand the brackets on both sides of the equation:
x^2 + x + x^2 - 3x + 2 = -x^2 + x + 2x - 2
Combine like terms:
2x^2 - 2x + 2 = -x^2 + 3x - 2
Step 5: Move all terms to one side
Let's simplify further by moving all terms to one side of the equation:
2x^2 - 2x + x^2 - 3x + 3x - 2 - 2 = 0
Combining like terms, we get:
3x^2 - 2 = 0
Step 6: Solve for x
To solve the quadratic equation, we can apply the quadratic formula:
x = [-b ± √(b² - 4ac)] / (2a)
In this case, a = 3, b = 0, and c = -2:
x = [0 ± √(0² - 4(3)(-2))] / (2(3))
x = [0 ± √(12)] / 6
x = [±√(12)] / 6
x = ±√(12) / 6
x = ±√(4*3) / 6
x = ±(2√3) / 6
x = ±(√3) / 3
Therefore, the solutions to the equation are x = (√3) / 3 and x = - (√3) / 3.
Sure! Here is the solution step by step:
x/(x-2) + (x-1)/(x+1) = -1
First, we need to find a common denominator for the two fractions on the left-hand side. The easiest choice is the product of their denominators, which is (x-2)(x+1)(x+1)(x-2) = (x-2)²(x+1)². We then multiply each fraction by the appropriate factors to get:
x(x+1)(x+1) + (x-1)(x-2)(x-2) = -1(x-2)²(x+1)²
Simplifying both sides using the distributive property and collecting like terms, we get:
x(x²+2x+1) + (x²-3x+2)(x-2) = -(x-2)²(x+1)²
Expanding the factors and simplifying, we get:
x⁴ - 3x³ - 10x² + 12x + 4 = 0
We can factor this polynomial using various methods, but the easiest one is to notice that x=1 is a root and use long division to find the other roots:
1 | 1 - 3 - 10 + 12 + 4
-1 -2 -12 +0
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1 -4 -12 +12 +4
Therefore, we have:
x⁴ - 3x³ - 10x² + 12x + 4 = (x-1)(x³ - 4x² - 12x - 4) = 0
The cubic factor on the right-hand side does not have any rational roots, so we need to use a numerical method (such as the Newton-Raphson method or the bisection method) to approximate them. However, the problem only asks for the solutions of the original equation, which are:
x = 1 (from the factor x-1)
x ≈ -1.2373, x ≈ -0.3854, x ≈ 3.6227 (from the factor x³ - 4x² - 12x - 4)
Note that we need to check whether these solutions satisfy the original equation, since some of them may be extraneous (i.e., they result from squaring or multiplying both sides of the equation by a quantity that is not always positive). We find that all four solutions are valid.