SOLUTION: Not sure if this is the right section, but Im having trouble with problems such as {{{(x+1)/(x-1)=y}}}, solve for x.

Question 395883: Not sure if this is the right section, but Im having trouble with problems such as , solve for x.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's not really a systems of equations problem...I have changed it to "expressions involving variables."

Anyway, if we multiply by x-1 we get . Isolating the x terms we get

Interesting, each equation is equal to its inverse function, so the two equations are symmetric about the line y = x.

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