Thursday, January 30, 2014

Verify if the difference (1-9/y^2)/(1-3/y)-3/y=1

We'll multiply the second fraction by the term
(1-3/y):


[(1-9/y^2) -
(3/y)*(1-3/y)]/(1-3/y)


The difference of squares returns
the product:


1-9/y^2 =
(1-3/y)(1+3/y)


[(1-9/y^2) - (3/y)*(1-3/y)]/(1-3/y) =
[(1-3/y)(1+3/y) -
(3/y)


(1-3/y)]/(1-3/y)


We'll
factorize the numerator by (1-3/y):


(1-3/y) [(1+3/y) -
(3/y)]/(1-3/y)


We'll simplify by
(1-3/y):


(1-3/y) [(1+3/y) - (3/y)]/(1-3/y) =  [(1+3/y) -
(3/y)]


We'll eliminate like terms inside
brackets:


(1-9/y^2)/(1-3/y)-3/y=1


We
notice that the given difference yields 1.

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