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kipiarov [429]
3 years ago
6

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%7Bx%7D%20%3D%20%5Cdfrac%7B1%7D%7Bp%20%2B%20q%20%2B%20x%7D" id="TexFormula1" title="\sf \dfrac{1}{p} + \dfrac{1}{q} + \dfrac{1}{x} = \dfrac{1}{p + q + x}" alt="\sf \dfrac{1}{p} + \dfrac{1}{q} + \dfrac{1}{x} = \dfrac{1}{p + q + x}" align="absmiddle" class="latex-formula">
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1 answer:
Nostrana [21]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

\displaystyle   \begin{cases} \displaystyle  {x} _{1} =  - p \\   \displaystyle x _{2}   =  -  q \end{cases}

Step-by-step explanation:

we would like to solve the following equation for x:

\displaystyle  \frac{1}{p}  +  \frac{1}{q}  +  \frac{1}{x}  =  \frac{1}{p  + q + x}

to do so isolate \frac{1}{x} to right hand side and change its sign which yields:

\displaystyle  \frac{1}{p}  +  \frac{1}{q}    =  \frac{1}{p  + q + x}  -  \frac{1}{x}

simplify Substraction:

\displaystyle  \frac{1}{p}  +  \frac{1}{q}    =  \frac{x - (q + p +  x)}{x(p  + q + x)}

get rid of only x:

\displaystyle  \frac{1}{p}  +  \frac{1}{q}    =  \frac{  - (q + p )}{x(p  + q + x)}

simplify addition of the left hand side:

\displaystyle  \frac{q + p}{pq}     =  \frac{  - (q + p )}{x(p  + q + x)}

divide both sides by q+p Which yields:

\displaystyle  \frac{1}{pq}     =  \frac{  -1}{x(p  + q + x)}

cross multiplication:

\displaystyle    x(p  + q + x)  =   - pq

distribute:

\displaystyle    xp  + xq +  {x}^{2} =   - pq

isolate -pq to the left hand side and change its sign:

\displaystyle    xp  + xq +  {x}^{2} + pq =  0

rearrange it to standard form:

\displaystyle   {x}^{2} +    xp  + xq  + pq =  0

now notice we end up with a <u>quadratic</u><u> equation</u> therefore to solve so we can consider <u>factoring</u><u> </u><u>method</u><u> </u><u> </u>to use so

factor out x:

\displaystyle  x( {x}^{} +   p ) + xq  + pq =  0

factor out q:

\displaystyle  x( {x}^{} +   p ) +q (x + p)=  0

group:

\displaystyle  ( {x}^{} +   p ) (x + q)=  0

by <em>Zero</em><em> product</em><em> </em><em>property</em> we obtain:

\displaystyle   \begin{cases} \displaystyle  {x}^{} +   p  = 0 \\   \displaystyle x + q=  0 \end{cases}

cancel out p from the first equation and q from the second equation which yields:

\displaystyle   \begin{cases} \displaystyle  {x}^{}   =  - p \\   \displaystyle x  =  -  q \end{cases}

and we are done!

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