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Prove that:

11+xab+11+xba=1\dfrac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\dfrac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}=1

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To prove: 11+xab+11+xba=1\dfrac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\dfrac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}=1

Taking LHS:

11+xab+11+xba=11+xaxb+11+xbxa=xbxb+xa+xaxa+xb=xb+xaxb+xa=1=RHS\dfrac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\dfrac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{1}{1+\dfrac{x^a}{x^b}}+\dfrac{1}{1+\dfrac{x^b}{x^a}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{{x^b}}{{x^b}+{x^a}}+\dfrac{{x^a}}{{x^a}+{x^b}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{{x^b}+{x^a}}{{x^b}+{x^a}}\\[1em] = 1 \\[1em] = \text{RHS}

∴ LHS = RHS

11+xab+11+xba=1\dfrac{1}{1+x^{a-b}}+\dfrac{1}{1+x^{b-a}}=1

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