document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=134489>Question 134489</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I've been presented with this question:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve the inequality [1/(x + 1)] > [1/(x – 1)]. State the solution set using interval notation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I started off by subtracting -[1/(x-1)] from each side to get <BR>\n" );
document.write( "[1/(x + 1)] - [1/(x – 1)] > 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then I got the common denominator of [1(x-1)/(x + 1)(x-1)] - [1(x+1)/(x+1)(x – 1)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This results in [0/(x + 1)(x – 1)] which is 0. What am I doing wrong? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #98382 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=98382\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> [1/(x + 1)] > [1/(x – 1)] LCD is (x+1)(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-1>x+1 Multiply each side by LCD to eliminate fractions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equation is false because there is no number that when 1 is subtracted from it is larger than the same number when 1 is added to it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is the empty set.<BR>\n" );
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