document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=324463>Question 324463</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am stuck..... Help me solve this equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/x-1 + 2/x = x/x-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "/= written in fraction form like 2 over x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/(x-1) + (2/x) = x/(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply thru by x(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2(x-1) = x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 3x + 2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-1)*(x-2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 1 is not allowed, it makes the denominators zero.<BR>\n" );
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