JANSSEN C.

GABIETA

PEQUIT INTEGRATED SCHOOL

SAMAR DIVISION

NON ROUTINE PROBLEM IN ALGEBRA

2 x +1 2 x−1
−
2 x−1 2 x +1
Evaluate: = 2 x−1 2 x +1
+
2 x +1 2 x−1

Solution:
2 2 8x
(2 x +1) −(2 x−1) = ( 2 x−1 ) −( 2 x +1 )2
2
(2 x−1)(2 x+1)
=
(2 x −1)2−(2 x+1)2
(2 x +1)(2 x−1)
8x
= 2 2
4 x −4 x+ 1+ 4 x +4 x+1
( 4 x)(2)
(2 x−1)(2 x+1)
= 2
(2 x −1) −(2 x+1)
2
8x
(2 x +1)(2 x−1)
= 2
8 x +2

8x
(2 x−1)(2 x+1) 8x
= (2 x −1)2−(2 x+1)2 = 2
2(4 x +1)
(2 x +1)(2 x−1)

4x
8x (2 x+ 1)(2 x−1) = 2
4 x +1
= (2 x−1)(2 x +1) ∎ ( 2 x−1 ) −( 2 x+ 1 )
2 2