Very Confused!

[colormekaylee]

[((x+1)/(x-1)+ 1)/((x+1)/(x-1)- 1)] ^5

It dosent look right on here, but I think youll know what im talking about.I am so confused in doing this, I have gone about it three or so different ways and nothing ever brings me to an answer.

 

[mmm4444bot]

Hi Kaylee:

You continue to ask us to read your mind.

You may have tried a bunch of stuff, but we cannot see your paperwork.

Please show your work. How else might anybody here understand what's taking place inside your head? :?

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We learn about our missteps and/or misperceptions, and then (armed with understanding) we don't make them any more. We move on to make our next mistakes, instead.

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[Loren]

What you have given us turns out to be...
\(\displaystyle \left(\frac{\frac{x+1}{x-1}+1}{\frac{x+1}{x-1}-1}\right)^5\).

If you simplify the numerator and simplify the denominator, you should get...
\(\displaystyle \left(\frac{\frac{x+1+x-1}{x-1}}{\frac{x+1-x+1}{x-1}}\right)^5\).

Simplify inside the parenthesis first. Then go from there???
Sign error corrected. Thanks, Denis.

 

[Denis]

There's a sign error in your denominator, Loren; should be : x + 1 - x + 1

So whole thing becomes (2x / 2)^5 = x^5