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OpenStudy (anonymous):

6-(6/u+1)=-(1/u-1)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is this solving for U or what?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its solving for u

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay then I will help you here

OpenStudy (anonymous):

looking at the problem what needs to be done first?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

cross multiply

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6- times to each factor

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when doing this 6- the minus also gets times.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i have trouble cross multiplying the fractions could you show me please?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-36-6u/6u-6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that is taking-6 6-(6/u+1) times it each one the factors inside.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now notice something here, with 6u/6u =1 or u

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes , so for u i got - or +1but when i plugged it into the original equation i got 0 in the denominator

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no don't plug back in??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6-(6/u+1) this is only solving for U, I don't know why you are plugging back for??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i was just checking to see if i had solved for u correctly?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Once you find U take the U= and sub in for it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

only replace U nothing more

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is the value of U 1?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

U=-42 that because you -36-6 when we have two negatives we add and the result is negative

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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