SOLUTION: Please help me to solve the following question. This question is from a text book for secondary general math. If p = 3 + 1/P, then prove that p^4 = 119 - 1/P^4

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Question 754571: Please help me to solve the following question. This question is from a text book for secondary general math.
If p = 3 + 1/P, then prove that p^4 = 119 - 1/P^4

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If p = 3 + 1/P, then prove that p^4 = 119 - 1/P^4
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It doesn't.
If P = 1:
p = 3+1 = 4
p^4 = 256
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119 - 1/P^4 = 118
One counter example is sufficient to disprove it.