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\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{1-a^{-1}}{b}\)

 

What rules are being used here?

 Oct 28, 2016
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Nvm, \(\frac{a^{-1}\left(a-1\right)}{b}=\frac{1-a^{-1}}{b}\)

 Oct 28, 2016
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Solve for a

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{{1-a}^{-1}}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{{a}^{1}}}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}\times b=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{b(a-1)}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{ab-1b}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{ab-b}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{ab}{ab}-\frac{b}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(1-\frac{b}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=\frac{b(1-\frac{1}{a})}{b}\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=\frac{1b-\frac{1}{a}b}{b}\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=\frac{b-\frac{1}{a}b}{b}\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=\frac{b}{b}-\frac{\frac{1}{a}b}{b}\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=1-\frac{\frac{1}{a}b}{b}\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}=1-\frac{1}{a}\)

 

\(1-\frac{1}{a}-1=1-\frac{1}{a}-1\)

 

\(\frac{1}{a}-0=1-\frac{1}{a}-1\)

 

\(\frac{1}{a}=1-\frac{1}{a}-1\)

 

\(\frac{1}{a}=\frac{1}{a}-0\)

 

\(\frac{1}{a}=\frac{1}{a}\)

 

\(\frac{1}{a}\times a=\frac{1}{a}\times a\)

 

\(\frac{a}{a}=\frac{1}{a}\times a\)

 

\(1=\frac{1}{a}\times a\)

 

\(1=\frac{1a}{a}\)

 

\(1=\frac{a}{a}\)

 

\(1=1\)

 

Becasue a disappears and you get a solution that is true, this means that a can be any number.  It can be written as (-∞, ∞) or it can be written as {a|a is all real numbers}.

 

Solve for b

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{{1-a}^{-1}}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{{a}^{1}}}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{a-1}{ab}\times b=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{b(a-1)}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{ab-1b}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{ab-b}{ab}=\frac{1-\frac{1}{a}}{b}\times b\)

 

\(\frac{ab-b}{ab}=\frac{b(1-\frac{1}{a})}{b}\)

 

\(\frac{ab-b}{ab}=1(1-\frac{1}{a})\)

 

\(\frac{ab-b}{ab}=1-\frac{1}{a}\)

 

\(\frac{ab-b}{ab}\times ab=(1-\frac{1}{a})\times ab\)

 

\(\frac{ab(ab-b)}{ab}=(1-\frac{1}{a})\times ab\)

 

\(1(ab-b)=(1-\frac{1}{a})\times ab\)

 

\(ab-b=(1-\frac{1}{a})\times ab\)

 

\(ab-b=ab(1-\frac{1}{a})\)

 

\(ab-b=1ab-\frac{1}{a}ab\)

 

\(ab-b=ab-\frac{1}{a}ab\)

 

\(ab-b=ab-\frac{1ab}{a}\)

 

\(ab-b=ab-\frac{ab}{a}\)

 

\(ab-b=ab-1b\)

 

\(ab-b=ab-b\)

 

\(ab-b+b=ab-b+b\)

 

\(ab+0b=ab-b+b\)

 

\(ab+0=ab-b+b\)

 

\(ab=ab-b+b\)

 

\(ab=ab+0b\)

 

\(ab=ab+0\)

 

\(ab=ab\)

 

\(\frac{ab}{a}=\frac{ab}{a}\)

 

\(b=\frac{ab}{b}\)

 

\(b=b\)

 

Because b is equal to b, b can be any number.  It can be written as (-∞, ∞) or it can be written as {b|b is all real numbers}.

 Oct 28, 2016
edited by gibsonj338  Oct 28, 2016
edited by gibsonj338  Oct 28, 2016
edited by gibsonj338  Oct 28, 2016

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