Solve 3/x+1/frac{5{x-1}}

$$\frac { \frac { 3 } { x + 1 } } { \frac { 5 } { x - 1 } }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3\left(x-1\right)}{5\left(x+1\right)}$$

Short Solution Steps

Divide \frac{3}{x+1} by \frac{5}{x-1} by multiplying \frac{3}{x+1} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{x-1}.

$$\frac{3\left(x-1\right)}{\left(x+1\right)\times 5}$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 3 by x-1.

$$\frac{3x-3}{\left(x+1\right)\times 5}$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x+1 by 5.

$$\frac{3x-3}{5x+5}$$

Differentiate w.r.t. x

$$\frac{6}{5\left(x+1\right)^{2}}$$

Steps Using Derivative Rule for Quotient

Divide \frac{3}{x+1} by \frac{5}{x-1} by multiplying \frac{3}{x+1} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{x-1}.

$$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(\frac{3\left(x-1\right)}{\left(x+1\right)\times 5})$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 3 by x-1.

$$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(\frac{3x-3}{\left(x+1\right)\times 5})$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x+1 by 5.

$$\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(\frac{3x-3}{5x+5})$$

For any two differentiable functions, the derivative of the quotient of two functions is the denominator times the derivative of the numerator minus the numerator times the derivative of the denominator, all divided by the denominator squared.

$$\frac{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(3x^{1}-3)-\left(3x^{1}-3\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(5x^{1}+5)}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

The derivative of a polynomial is the sum of the derivatives of its terms. The derivative of a constant term is 0. The derivative of ax^{n} is nax^{n-1}.

$$\frac{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)\times 3x^{1-1}-\left(3x^{1}-3\right)\times 5x^{1-1}}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\frac{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)\times 3x^{0}-\left(3x^{1}-3\right)\times 5x^{0}}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

Expand using distributive property.

$$\frac{5x^{1}\times 3x^{0}+5\times 3x^{0}-\left(3x^{1}\times 5x^{0}-3\times 5x^{0}\right)}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

To multiply powers of the same base, add their exponents.

$$\frac{5\times 3x^{1}+5\times 3x^{0}-\left(3\times 5x^{1}-3\times 5x^{0}\right)}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\frac{15x^{1}+15x^{0}-\left(15x^{1}-15x^{0}\right)}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$$\frac{15x^{1}+15x^{0}-15x^{1}-\left(-15x^{0}\right)}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

Combine like terms.

$$\frac{\left(15-15\right)x^{1}+\left(15-\left(-15\right)\right)x^{0}}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

Subtract 15 from 15 and -15 from 15.

$$\frac{30x^{0}}{\left(5x^{1}+5\right)^{2}}$$

For any term t, t^{1}=t.

$$\frac{30x^{0}}{\left(5x+5\right)^{2}}$$

For any term t except 0, t^{0}=1.

$$\frac{30\times 1}{\left(5x+5\right)^{2}}$$

For any term t, t\times 1=t and 1t=t.

$$\frac{30}{\left(5x+5\right)^{2}}$$