Asked by Chopsticks

(2x/2x) + 1

== 1?

Answers

Ms. Sue
Doesn't (2x/2x) = 1??

Chopsticks
i typed it wrong

2x/2x+1

Mishi Couture
x=0
Ms. Sue
Still -- I may be wrong -- but any number divided by the same number is 1 -- isn't it?

1 + 1 = 2
Chopsticks
oh u looked at the problem wrong. the 2x+1 is in the denominiator
Mishi Couture
huh? Do you have to find x?
but 2x/2x + 1 would equal 1 cause the terms "cancel out"
Reiny
2x/2x+1 is the same as (2x/2x) + 1

did you mean 2x/(2x + 1) ?

If so, what do you want done with it?
Chopsticks
2x/(2x+1) simplify it
Mishi Couture
yea..
so that would be 1
Reiny
2x/(2x+1) does not simplify any more.

no matter what x you choose, the numerator is an even number and the denominator is the next number, which would then be odd.

Such a fraction does not reduce further.
e.g. 2/5, 10,11, etc
Chopsticks
what if it was 2x/2x + 1

where the 2x+1 is combined under the denominator
Reiny
umhh, that is what I have been saying
Look at the 10:13 post