1962 AHSME Problems/Problem 1

Problem

The expression $\frac{1^{4y-1}}{5^{-1}+3^{-1}}$ is equal to:

$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{4y-1}{8}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{15}{2}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{15}{8}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{1}{8}$

We simplify the expression to yield:

$\dfrac{1^{4y-1}}{5^{-1}+3^{-1}}=\dfrac{1}{5^{-1}+3^{-1}}=\dfrac{1}{\dfrac{1}{5}+\dfrac{1}{3}}=\dfrac{1}{\dfrac{8}{15}}=\dfrac{15}{8}$ .

Thus our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{15}{8}}$ .

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