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Simplify the following:

x1y1x1+y1\dfrac{x^{-1}y^{-1}}{x^{-1} + y^{-1}}

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x1y1x1+y1=(xy)1×1x1+y1=1xy×11x+1y=1xy×1x+yxy=1xy×xyx+y=1x+y.\Rightarrow \dfrac{x^{-1}y^{-1}}{x^{-1} + y^{-1}} = (xy)^{-1} \times \dfrac{1}{x^{-1} + y^{-1}} \\[1em] = \dfrac{1}{xy} \times \dfrac{1}{\dfrac{1}{x} + \dfrac{1}{y}} = \dfrac{1}{xy} \times \dfrac{1}{\dfrac{x + y}{xy}} \\[1em] = \dfrac{1}{xy} \times \dfrac{xy}{x + y} = \dfrac{1}{x + y}.

Hence, x1y1x1+y1=1x+y\dfrac{x^{-1}y^{-1}}{x^{-1} + y^{-1}} = \dfrac{1}{x + y}

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