Describe and correct the error in solving the following rational equation , plz help!!!!!
1 answer:
First of all, x cannot ever equal -1 because if it does then in the original equation you'd be dividing by 0, which is not possible. anything divided by 0 is undefined.
I think the error was in the second step: x(x+1) = 2(x+1) because they didn't need to go from the first step to there. I'm assuming they multiplied both sides of the equation with (x+1) to get rid of the fraction, but since both sides have (x+1) as the denominator the (x+1) would've cancelled out instead of multiplying with the numerator.
Correction:
as u can see, in the second step of this correction, the (x+1)s on both sides cancel out so only the numerators remain.
Hope this helps!
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EXPLANATION
We want to find the absolute value function for the line in blue.
The general form of an absolute value function is:
where (h, k) = vertex
From the line, the vertex of the graph in blue is:
To find a, we have to pick a point (x, y) on the line and input it into the general function.
Let us pick (2, 1).
Therefore, we have:
Therefore, the absolute value function is:
Answer:
Solution set = {-12, 12}
Step-by-step explanation:
Start by dividing both sides of the given equation by negative one, to get rid of the negative signs on both sides:
Now we consider the two possible cases:
1) The expression inside the absolute value symbol is a positive number, then :
and replacing it in the equation, this becomes:
which is our first answer.
2) The expression inside the absolute value symbol is a negative number, then :
and replacing it in the equation, this becomes:
which is our second possible answer.
Then the set of solutions is: {-12, 12}