Prove that$ \frac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\frac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}=1 $

Given:

\( \frac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\frac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}=1 \)

To do:

We have to prove that \( \frac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\frac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}=1 \).

Solution:

We know that,

$(a^{m})^{n}=a^{m n}$

$a^{m} \times a^{n}=a^{m+n}$

$a^{m} \div a^{n}=a^{m-n}$

$a^{0}=1$  

LHS $=\frac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\frac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}$

$=\frac{1}{x^{b-b}+x^{a-b}}+\frac{1}{x^{a-a}+x^{b-a}}$        [Substitute $1=x^{b-b}$ and $1=x^{a-a}$]

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

$=\frac{x^{b}}{x^{a}+x^{b}}+\frac{x^{a}}{x^{a}+x^{b}}$

$=\frac{x^{b}+x^{a}}{(x^{a}+x^{b})}$

$=\frac{x^{a}+x^{b}}{(x^{a}+x^{b})}$

$=1$

$=$ RHS

Hence proved.  

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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