1964 AHSME Problems/Problem 32
Problem
If , then:
Solution
Cross-multiplying gives:
This looks close to turning into option C, but we don't have a term in the first parentheses, and we don't have an term in the second parentheses to allow us to complete the factorization. However, if we both add and subtract on the LHS, we get:
This is equivalent to
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