SOLUTION: a/b-b/a=a-b/ab why is this false?

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Question 833098: a/b-b/a=a-b/ab why is this false?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's assume it's true for all values of and given neither nor equal zero.

Multiply both sides by ,



So the statement does not hold for all values of and .
It only holds when which violates our initial assertion that it holds for all values of and , so then it is not true.

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