SOLUTION: if f(x)=x-1/x+1,x is not equal to -1. prove that f(2x)=3f(x)+1/f(x)+3

Question 867118: if f(x)=x-1/x+1,x is not equal to -1. prove that f(2x)=3f(x)+1/f(x)+3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First replace all copies of x with 2x to get

f(x)=(x-1)/(x+1)

f(2x)=(2x-1)/(2x+1)

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Then go to the claim that f(2x)=(3f(x)+1)/(f(x)+3) and plug in f(x) = (x-1)/(x+1) and simplify

f(2x)=(3f(x)+1)/(f(x)+3)

f(2x)=(3*(x-1)/(x+1)+1)/((x-1)/(x+1)+3)

f(2x)=(3*(x-1)+1(x+1))/(x-1+3(x+1)) ... multiply every term by the inner LCD x+1

f(2x)=(3x-3+x+1)/(x-1+3x+3)

f(2x)=(4x-2)/(4x+2)

f(2x)=(2(2x-1))/(2(2x+1))

f(2x)=(2x-1)/(2x+1)

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So this proves that f(2x)=(3f(x)+1)/(f(x)+3) is true when f(x)=(x-1)/(x+1)
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