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Nostrana [21]
4 years ago
7

Using the equation below as a model, fill in numbers in the place of a and b to create a rational equation that has an extraneou

s solution.
x plus a over ax = b over x

Part 1. Show all work to solve for x in the equation and check the solution.

Part 2. Explain how to identify the extraneous solution and what it means.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Yakvenalex [24]4 years ago
7 0
Lets solve the equation step by step:

(x + a)/ax = b/x

therefore: a != 0, x !=0

now we solve:

<span>(x + a)/ax = b/x
</span><span>(x + a)/a = b
</span>x + a = ab
x = a(b - 1)

that is the solution for b, and we keep in mind that <span>a != 0, x !=0, the extraneous solutions
</span>
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