Simplify (a/(a-1)-(1+a)/a)/((1-a)/a+a/(1+a))

$\frac{\frac{a}{a - 1} - \frac{1 + a}{a}}{\frac{1 - a}{a} + \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Step 1

Multiply the numerator and denominator of the complex fraction by $(a - 1) a (1 + a)$ .

Multiply $\frac{\frac{a}{a - 1} - \frac{1 + a}{a}}{\frac{1 - a}{a} + \frac{a}{1 + a}}$ by $\frac{(a - 1) a (1 + a)}{(a - 1) a (1 + a)}$ .

$\frac{(a - 1) a (1 + a)}{(a - 1) a (1 + a)} \cdot \frac{\frac{a}{a - 1} - \frac{1 + a}{a}}{\frac{1 - a}{a} + \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Combine.

$\frac{(a - 1) a (1 + a) (\frac{a}{a - 1} - \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) (\frac{1 - a}{a} + \frac{a}{1 + a})}$

Step 2

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{a - 1} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Step 3

Simplify by cancelling.

Cancel the common factor of $a - 1$ .

Factor $a - 1$ out of $(a - 1) a (1 + a)$ .

$\frac{(a - 1) (a (1 + a)) \frac{a}{a - 1} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{(a - 1) (a (1 + a)) \frac{a}{a - 1} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{a (1 + a) a + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Raise $a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{1} a (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Raise $a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{1} a^{1} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{a^{1 + 1} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) (- \frac{1 + a}{a})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor of $a$ .

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1 + a}{a}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{- (1 + a)}{a}}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Factor $a$ out of $(a - 1) a (1 + a)$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + a ((a - 1) (1 + a)) \frac{- (1 + a)}{a}}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + a ((a - 1) (1 + a)) \frac{- (1 + a)}{a}}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (1 + a) (- (1 + a))}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Raise $1 + a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- ({(1 + a)}^{1} (1 + a)))}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Raise $1 + a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- ({(1 + a)}^{1} {(1 + a)}^{1}))}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{1 + 1})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{(a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor of $a$ .

Factor $a$ out of $(a - 1) a (1 + a)$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{a ((a - 1) (1 + a)) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{a ((a - 1) (1 + a)) \frac{1 - a}{a} + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{(a - 1) (1 + a) (1 - a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $a$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{(- 1 (- a) - 1) (1 + a) (1 - a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Rewrite $- 1$ as $- 1 (1)$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{(- 1 (- a) - 1 (1)) (1 + a) (1 - a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 1 (- a) - 1 (1)$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 (- a + 1) (1 + a) (1 - a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Reorder terms.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 (- a + 1) (1 + a) (- a + 1) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Raise $- a + 1$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 ({(- a + 1)}^{1} (- a + 1)) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Raise $- a + 1$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 ({(- a + 1)}^{1} {(- a + 1)}^{1}) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{1 + 1} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a (1 + a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor of $1 + a$ .

Factor $1 + a$ out of $(a - 1) a (1 + a)$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (1 + a) ((a - 1) a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (1 + a) ((a - 1) a) \frac{a}{1 + a}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a \cdot a}$

Raise $a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (a^{1} a)}$

Raise $a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (a^{1} a^{1})}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{1 + 1}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Step 4

Simplify the numerator.

Factor $1 + a$ out of $a^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})$ .

Factor $1 + a$ out of $a^{2} (1 + a)$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) a^{2} + (a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Factor $1 + a$ out of $(a - 1) (- {(1 + a)}^{2})$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) a^{2} + (1 + a) ((a - 1) (- (1 + a)))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Factor $1 + a$ out of $(1 + a) a^{2} + (1 + a) ((a - 1) (- (1 + a)))$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} + (a - 1) (- (1 + a)))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} + (a - 1) (- 1 \cdot 1 - a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} + (a - 1) (- 1 - a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Expand $(a - 1) (- 1 - a)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} + a (- 1 - a) - 1 (- 1 - a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} + a \cdot - 1 + a (- a) - 1 (- 1 - a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} + a \cdot - 1 + a (- a) - 1 \cdot - 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Move $- 1$ to the left of $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - 1 \cdot a + a (- a) - 1 \cdot - 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Rewrite $- 1 a$ as $- a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a + a (- a) - 1 \cdot - 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a - a \cdot a - 1 \cdot - 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a$ by adding the exponents.

Move $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a - (a \cdot a) - 1 \cdot - 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a - a^{2} - 1 \cdot - 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a - a^{2} + 1 - 1 (- a))}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1 (- a)$ .

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a - a^{2} + 1 + 1 a)}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a - a^{2} + 1 + a)}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Add $- a$ and $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a^{2} + 1 + 0)}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Add $- a^{2}$ and $0$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (a^{2} - a^{2} + 1)}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Subtract $a^{2}$ from $a^{2}$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) (0 + 1)}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Add $0$ and $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 {(- a + 1)}^{2} (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Step 5

Simplify the denominator.

Rewrite ${(- a + 1)}^{2}$ as $(- a + 1) (- a + 1)$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 ((- a + 1) (- a + 1)) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Expand $(- a + 1) (- a + 1)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (- a (- a + 1) + 1 (- a + 1)) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (- a (- a) - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a + 1)) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (- a (- a) - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (- 1 \cdot - 1 a \cdot a - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a$ by adding the exponents.

Move $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (- 1 \cdot - 1 (a \cdot a) - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (- 1 \cdot - 1 a^{2} - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (1 a^{2} - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a^{2}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (a^{2} - a \cdot 1 + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (a^{2} - a + 1 (- a) + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- a$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (a^{2} - a - a + 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (a^{2} - a - a + 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Subtract $a$ from $- a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- 1 (a^{2} - 2 a + 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{(- 1 a^{2} - 1 (- 2 a) - 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Simplify.

Rewrite $- 1 a^{2}$ as $- a^{2}$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{(- a^{2} - 1 (- 2 a) - 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 2$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{(- a^{2} + 2 a - 1 \cdot 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{(- a^{2} + 2 a - 1) (1 + a) + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Expand $(- a^{2} + 2 a - 1) (1 + a)$ by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} \cdot 1 - a^{2} a + 2 a \cdot 1 + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Simplify each term.

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{2} a + 2 a \cdot 1 + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a^{2}$ by $a$ by adding the exponents.

Move $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - (a \cdot a^{2}) + 2 a \cdot 1 + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a^{2}$ .

Raise $a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - (a^{1} a^{2}) + 2 a \cdot 1 + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{1 + 2} + 2 a \cdot 1 + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Add $1$ and $2$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a \cdot 1 + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a + 2 a \cdot a - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a$ by adding the exponents.

Move $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a + 2 (a \cdot a) - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a + 2 a^{2} - 1 \cdot 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a + 2 a^{2} - 1 - 1 a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Rewrite $- 1 a$ as $- a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a + 2 a^{2} - 1 - a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Add $- a^{2}$ and $2 a^{2}$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + 2 a - 1 - a + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Subtract $a$ from $2 a$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + a - 1 + (a - 1) a^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + a - 1 + a \cdot a^{2} - 1 a^{2}}$

Multiply $a$ by $a^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

Multiply $a$ by $a^{2}$ .

Raise $a$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{1} a^{2} - 1 a^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{1 + 2} - 1 a^{2}}$

Add $1$ and $2$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{3} - 1 a^{2}}$

Rewrite $- 1 a^{2}$ as $- a^{2}$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a^{2} - a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{3} - a^{2}}$

Subtract $a^{2}$ from $a^{2}$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{3} + 0}$

Add $- a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{3}$ and $0$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{- a^{3} + a - 1 + a^{3}}$

Add $- a^{3}$ and $a^{3}$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a - 1 + 0}$

Add $a - 1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{(1 + a) \cdot 1}{a - 1}$

Step 6

Multiply $1 + a$ by $1$ .

$\frac{1 + a}{a - 1}$

Simplify (a/(a-1)-(1+a)/a)/((1-a)/a+a/(1+a))

Related Questions

Support LCMGCF.com by disabling your adblocker.