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Simplify the following:

a1+b1(ab)1\dfrac{a^{-1} + b^{-1}}{(ab)^{-1}}

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Given,

a1+b1(ab)1=(a1+b1)×1(ab)1=(1a+1b)×ab=(a+bab)×ab=a+b.\Rightarrow \dfrac{a^{-1} + b^{-1}}{(ab)^{-1}} = (a^{-1} + b^{-1}) \times \dfrac{1}{(ab)^{-1}} \\[1em] = \Big(\dfrac{1}{a} + \dfrac{1}{b}\Big) \times ab \\[1em] = \Big(\dfrac{a + b}{ab}\Big) \times ab \\[1em] = a + b.

Hence, a1+b1(ab)1\dfrac{a^{-1} + b^{-1}}{(ab)^{-1}} = a + b.

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