SOLUTION: 7. Simplify by writing the expression as a simple fraction reduced to the lowest terms without negative exponents.
(x-1)^1/2-x(1/2)(x-1)^-1/2/x-1
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-> SOLUTION: 7. Simplify by writing the expression as a simple fraction reduced to the lowest terms without negative exponents.
(x-1)^1/2-x(1/2)(x-1)^-1/2/x-1
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Question 214773: 7. Simplify by writing the expression as a simple fraction reduced to the lowest terms without negative exponents.
(x-1)^1/2-x(1/2)(x-1)^-1/2/x-1 Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since "(x-1)^1/2-x(1/2)(x-1)^-1/2/x-1" is very ambiguous, you will need to repost your question using parentheses:
Around each numerator
Around each denominator
Around each exponent
Around each expression to which an exponent applies. (Note that "expression" is italicized. If an exponent applies to just a variable, you do not need to put parentheses around the variable.)
Without these parenthese there are just too many ways to interpret "(x-1)^1/2-x(1/2)(x-1)^-1/2/x-1". Taken literally, "(x-1)^1/2-x(1/2)(x-1)^-1/2/x-1" means: which is probably not what you meant.
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