SOLUTION: Can you help me solve this equation? I have tried to solve it for two days now and still can't get it right. {{{((x^-8)+(x^-16))/(1-x^-16)}}}

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Question 212536: Can you help me solve this equation? I have tried to solve it for two days now and still can't get it right.

Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, nerdybill, Theo:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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It's not an equation, there's no equal sign, so there's nothing to solve for.
It can be simplified.

Multiply NUM and DEN by x^16
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Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Starting with:
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Multiply by :
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Doing so yields:

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Now, factoring the denominator:

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Canceling like-terms we end up with:




Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
as best I can determine, your answer would be:

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here's how:
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your equation is:

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since your equation becomes:
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your equation becomes:

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multiply numerator and denominator by to get:

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factor denominator to get:

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equation becomes:


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