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Sloan [31]
2 years ago
12

X/x-2 + x-1/x+1= -1 Can someone walk me through the steps of this problem? Much appreciated. :)

Mathematics
2 answers:
stealth61 [152]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

x = 0 or x = 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given equation:

\dfrac{x}{x-2}+\dfrac{x-1}{x+1}=-1

Multiply the two denominators to get the same denominator:

Multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction to get the new numerator of the first fraction.

Multiply the numerator of the second fraction by the denominator of the first fraction to get the new numerator of the second fraction.

\implies \dfrac{x(x+1)}{(x-2)(x+1)}+\dfrac{(x-2)(x-1)}{(x-2)(x+1)}=-1

Add the numerators and keep the denominator so that there is now one fraction:

\implies \dfrac{x(x+1)+(x-2)(x-1)}{(x-2)(x+1)}=-1

Simplify the numerator by expanding the brackets:

\implies \dfrac{x^2+x+x^2-3x+2}{(x-2)(x+1)}=-1

\implies \dfrac{2x^2-2x+2}{(x-2)(x+1)}=-1

Simplify the denominator by expanding the brackets:

\implies \dfrac{2x^2-2x+2}{x^2-x-2}=-1

Multiply both sides by the denominator of the left side:

\implies 2x^2-2x+2=-1(x^2-x-2)

Simplify and move everything to the left side:

\implies 2x^2-2x+2=-x^2+x+2

\implies 3x^2-3x=0

Factor:

\implies 3x(x-1)=0

Therefore:

\implies 3x=0 \implies x=0

\implies x-1=0 \implies x=1

Therefore, x = 0 or x = 1

docker41 [41]2 years ago
3 0
<h3>Answer:</h3>

\large{\boxed{ \sf x = 1, \ x = 0 }

<h3>Explanation:</h3>

 \sf \Rightarrow \dfrac{x}{x-2\:}+\:\dfrac{x-1}{x+1}=\:-1

\sf \Rightarrow \dfrac{x(x+1)+(x-1)(x-2)}{(x-2)(x+1)}=\:-1

\sf \Rightarrow \dfrac{x^2+x+x^2-2x-x + 2}{x^2 - 2x + x - 2}=\:-1

\sf \Rightarrow 2x^2-2x+ 2=\:-1(x^2 - 2x + x - 2)

\sf \Rightarrow 2x^2-2x+ 2=\:-x^2 + 2x - x + 2

\sf \Rightarrow 2x^2+x^2 -2x - x+  2-2=0

 \sf \Rightarrow 3x^2 - 3x  = 0

 \sf \Rightarrow 3x(x - 1)  = 0

 \sf \Rightarrow 3x = 0 , \ x - 1  = 0

 \sf \Rightarrow x = 0 , \ x  =1

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