Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Diagnostic Tests - A Diagnostic Tests: Algebra - Page xxvi: 5

Answer

(a) $ \frac{x+2}{x-2}$ (b) $\frac{x-1}{x-3}$ (c) $\frac{1}{x-2}$ (d) $-(x+y)$

Work Step by Step

(a) $\frac{x^2+3x+2}{x^2-x-2}$ $= \frac{(x+2)(x+1)}{(x-2)(x+1)}$ $= \frac{x+2}{x-2}$ (b) $\frac{2x^2-x-1}{x^2-9}\cdot \frac{x+3}{2x+1}$ $= \frac{(2x+1)(x-1)}{(x+3)(x-3)}\cdot \frac{x+3}{2x+1}$ $= \frac{x-1}{x-3}$ (c) $\frac{x^2}{x^2-4} - \frac{x+1}{x+2}$ $= \frac{x^2}{(x+2)(x-2)} - \frac{(x+1)(x-2)}{(x+2)(x-2)}$ $= \frac{x^2}{(x+2)(x-2)} - \frac{x^2-x-2}{(x+2)(x-2)}$ $= \frac{x+2}{(x+2)(x-2)}$ $= \frac{1}{x-2}$ (d) $\frac{\frac{y}{x}-\frac{x}{y}}{\frac{1}{y}-\frac{1}{x}}$ $= \frac{\frac{y^2-x^2}{xy}}{\frac{x-y}{xy}}$ $= \frac{(y-x)(y+x)}{xy}\cdot \frac{xy}{x-y}$ $= \frac{-(y+x)}{1}$ $= -(x+y)$
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