Simple. Find a-b

Algebra Level 2

a + b = a b = a b a+b=ab=\dfrac{a}{b}

Find a b a-b .


The answer is 1.5.

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2 solutions

Joshua Lowrance
Apr 24, 2020

a + b = a b Given a+b=ab \text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{Given}

a b + 1 = a Dividing by b \frac{a}{b}+1=a \text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{Dividing by b}

( a + b ) + 1 = a Substituting a+b (a+b)+1=a \text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{Substituting a+b}

b + 1 = 0 Subtracting a b+1=0 \text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{Subtracting a}

b = 1 b=-1

a 1 = a Plugging b in to the first equation a-1=-a \text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{ }\text{Plugging b in to the first equation}

2 a = 1 2a=1

a = 1 2 a=\frac{1}{2}

a b = 1 2 ( 1 ) = 3 2 = 1.5 \boxed{a-b=\frac{1}{2}-(-1)=\frac{3}{2}=1.5}

Interesting substitution.

Richard Desper - 1 year, 1 month ago
Chew-Seong Cheong
Apr 26, 2020

From a b = a b b = 1 b b 2 = 1 b = ± 1 ab = \dfrac ab\implies b = \dfrac 1b \implies b^2 = 1 \implies b = \pm 1 .

From a + b = a b a+b=ab , when { b = 1 a + 1 = a No solution b = 1 a 1 = a 2 a = 1 a = 1 2 \begin{cases} b = 1 & \implies \red{a + 1 = a} & \small \red{\text{No solution}} \\ b = -1 & \implies a-1 = -a & \implies 2a = 1 & \implies a = \dfrac 12\end{cases}

Therefore, a b = 1 2 + 1 = 3 2 = 1.5 a-b = \frac 12 + 1 = \frac 32 = \boxed{1.5} .

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