We are not given enough information. Only that y > 1. We are not given that x is not negative. So here are three cases, one for A < B, one for A = B, and one for A > B. x y A=(x+1)/(y+1) B=(x/y)+1 A ? B --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 4 (0+1)/(4+1)=1/5=.2 0/4+1 = 0+1 = 1 A < B -4 2 (-4+1)/(2+1)=(-3)/3=-1 (-4)/(2)+1 = -2+1 =-1 A = B -10 2 (-10+1)(2+1)=(-9)/3=-3 (-10)/2+1 = -4 A > B Incidentally if we had been given that x ≥ 0, then we could have concluded that A < B, but we can't since all we are given is that x is a real number. Edwin