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mixer [17]
3 years ago
9

Describe and correct the error(s) made in each of the problems below.

Mathematics
1 answer:
ladessa [460]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

\displaystyle \frac{1-x}{(5-x)(-x)} =-\frac{x-1 }{ x(x-5)}

\displaystyle \frac{5}{s}\times \frac{2}{5} =\frac{2}{s}

Step-by-step explanation:

<u>Errors in Algebraic Operations </u>

It's usual that students make mistakes when misunderstanding the application of algebra's basic rules. Here we have two of them

  • When we change the signs of all the terms of a polynomial, the expression must be preceded by a negative sign
  • When multiplying negative and positive quantities, if the number of negatives is odd, the result is negative. If the number of negatives is even, the result is positive.
  • Not to confuse product of fractions with the sum of fractions. Rules are quite different

The first expression is

1-x / (5-x)(-x)=x-1 / x(x-5)

Let's arrange into format:

\displaystyle \frac{1-x}{(5-x)(-x)} =\frac{x-1 }{ x(x-5)}

We can clearly see in all of the factors in the expression the signs were changed correctly, but the result should have been preceeded with a negative sign, because it makes 3 (odd number) negatives, resulting in a negative expression. The correct form is

\displaystyle \frac{1-x}{(5-x)(-x)} =-\frac{x-1 }{ x(x-5)}

Now for the second expression

5/s+2/5=2/s

Let's arrange into format

\displaystyle \frac{5}{s}+\frac{2}{5} =\frac{2}{s}

It's a clear mistake because it was asssumed a product of fractions instead of a SUM of fractions. If the result was correct, then the expression should have been

\displaystyle \frac{5}{s}\times \frac{2}{5} =\frac{2}{s}

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