Solve x^2+x+1+11/x^2+x-1=14

$$x ^ { 2 } + x + 1 + \frac { 11 } { x ^ { 2 } + x - 1 } = 14$$

Solve for x

$$x=-2$$

$$x=1$$

$$x=3$$

$$x=-4$$

Solution Steps

Multiply both sides of the equation by \left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right).

$$\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of -\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} by x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} and combine like terms.

$$\left(x^{2}+x-\frac{1}{4}\left(\sqrt{5}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

The square of \sqrt{5} is 5.

$$\left(x^{2}+x-\frac{1}{4}\times 5+\frac{1}{4}\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{4} and 5 to get -\frac{5}{4}.

$$\left(x^{2}+x-\frac{5}{4}+\frac{1}{4}\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Add -\frac{5}{4} and \frac{1}{4} to get -1.

$$\left(x^{2}+x-1\right)x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x^{2}+x-1 by x^{2}.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of -\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} by x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} and combine like terms.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x^{2}+x-\frac{1}{4}\left(\sqrt{5}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

The square of \sqrt{5} is 5.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x^{2}+x-\frac{1}{4}\times 5+\frac{1}{4}\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{4} and 5 to get -\frac{5}{4}.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x^{2}+x-\frac{5}{4}+\frac{1}{4}\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Add -\frac{5}{4} and \frac{1}{4} to get -1.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+\left(x^{2}+x-1\right)x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x^{2}+x-1 by x.

$$x^{4}+x^{3}-x^{2}+x^{3}+x^{2}-x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Combine x^{3} and x^{3} to get 2x^{3}.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x^{2}+x^{2}-x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Combine -x^{2} and x^{2} to get 0.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of -\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} by x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} and combine like terms.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+x^{2}+x-\frac{1}{4}\left(\sqrt{5}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

The square of \sqrt{5} is 5.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+x^{2}+x-\frac{1}{4}\times 5+\frac{1}{4}+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{4} and 5 to get -\frac{5}{4}.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+x^{2}+x-\frac{5}{4}+\frac{1}{4}+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Add -\frac{5}{4} and \frac{1}{4} to get -1.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-x+x^{2}+x-1+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Combine -x and x to get 0.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}-1+11=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

Add -1 and 11 to get 10.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14\left(x-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of -\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\left(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\right)$$

To find the opposite of \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}-\frac{1}{2}, find the opposite of each term.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 14 by x+\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=\left(14x+7\sqrt{5}+7\right)\left(x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2}\right)$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 14x+7\sqrt{5}+7 by x-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{5}+\frac{1}{2} and combine like terms.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14x^{2}+14x-\frac{7}{2}\left(\sqrt{5}\right)^{2}+\frac{7}{2}$$

The square of \sqrt{5} is 5.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14x^{2}+14x-\frac{7}{2}\times 5+\frac{7}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{7}{2} and 5 to get -\frac{35}{2}.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14x^{2}+14x-\frac{35}{2}+\frac{7}{2}$$

Add -\frac{35}{2} and \frac{7}{2} to get -14.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10=14x^{2}+14x-14$$

Subtract 14x^{2} from both sides.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}+x^{2}+10-14x^{2}=14x-14$$

Combine x^{2} and -14x^{2} to get -13x^{2}.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-13x^{2}+10=14x-14$$

Subtract 14x from both sides.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-13x^{2}+10-14x=-14$$

Add 14 to both sides.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-13x^{2}+10-14x+14=0$$

Add 10 and 14 to get 24.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-13x^{2}+24-14x=0$$

Rearrange the equation to put it in standard form. Place the terms in order from highest to lowest power.

$$x^{4}+2x^{3}-13x^{2}-14x+24=0$$

By Rational Root Theorem, all rational roots of a polynomial are in the form \frac{p}{q}, where p divides the constant term 24 and q divides the leading coefficient 1. List all candidates \frac{p}{q}.

$$±24,±12,±8,±6,±4,±3,±2,±1$$

Find one such root by trying out all the integer values, starting from the smallest by absolute value. If no integer roots are found, try out fractions.

$$x=1$$

By Factor theorem, x-k is a factor of the polynomial for each root k. Divide x^{4}+2x^{3}-13x^{2}-14x+24 by x-1 to get x^{3}+3x^{2}-10x-24. Solve the equation where the result equals to 0.

$$x^{3}+3x^{2}-10x-24=0$$

By Rational Root Theorem, all rational roots of a polynomial are in the form \frac{p}{q}, where p divides the constant term -24 and q divides the leading coefficient 1. List all candidates \frac{p}{q}.

$$±24,±12,±8,±6,±4,±3,±2,±1$$

Find one such root by trying out all the integer values, starting from the smallest by absolute value. If no integer roots are found, try out fractions.

$$x=-2$$

By Factor theorem, x-k is a factor of the polynomial for each root k. Divide x^{3}+3x^{2}-10x-24 by x+2 to get x^{2}+x-12. Solve the equation where the result equals to 0.

$$x^{2}+x-12=0$$

All equations of the form ax^{2}+bx+c=0 can be solved using the quadratic formula: \frac{-b±\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}. Substitute 1 for a, 1 for b, and -12 for c in the quadratic formula.

$$x=\frac{-1±\sqrt{1^{2}-4\times 1\left(-12\right)}}{2}$$

Do the calculations.

$$x=\frac{-1±7}{2}$$

Solve the equation x^{2}+x-12=0 when ± is plus and when ± is minus.

$$x=-4 x=3$$

List all found solutions.

$$x=1 x=-2 x=-4 x=3$$