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Using properties of proportion solve:

x2x+1x2+x+1=112(1x)104(1+x)\dfrac{x^2 - x + 1}{x^2 + x + 1} = \dfrac{112(1 - x)}{104(1 + x)}

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Given,

x2x+1x2+x+1=112(1x)104(1+x)x2x+1x2+x+1=14(1x)13(1+x).\Rightarrow \dfrac{x^2 - x + 1}{x^2 + x + 1} = \dfrac{112(1 - x)}{104(1 + x)} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{x^2 - x + 1}{x^2 + x + 1} = \dfrac{14(1 - x)}{13(1 + x)}.

Applying componendo and dividendo we get,

(x2x+1)+(x2+x+1)(x2x+1)(x2+x+1)=14(1x)+13(1+x)14(1x)13(1+x)x2x+1+x2+x+1x2x+1x2x1=1414x+13+13x1414x1313x2x2+22x=27x127x2(x2+1)2x=27x127xx2+1x=27x127x\Rightarrow \dfrac{(x^2 - x + 1) + (x^2 + x + 1)}{(x^2 - x + 1) - (x^2 + x + 1)} = \dfrac{14(1 - x) + 13(1 + x)}{14(1 - x) - 13(1 + x)} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{x^2 - x + 1 + x^2 + x + 1}{x^2 - x + 1 - x^2 - x - 1} = \dfrac{14 − 14x + 13 + 13x}{14 − 14x − 13 − 13x} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{2x^2 + 2}{-2x} = \dfrac{27 − x}{1 − 27x} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{2(x^2 + 1)}{-2x} = \dfrac{27 - x}{1 - 27x} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{x^2 + 1}{-x} = \dfrac{27 - x}{1 - 27x}

⇒ (x2 + 1)(1 − 27x) = −x(27 − x)

⇒ x2 + 1 − 27x3 − 27x = −27x + x2

⇒ −27x3 + 1 = 0

⇒ 27x3 = 1

⇒ x3 = 127\dfrac{1}{27}

⇒ x = 1273=13\sqrt[3]{\dfrac{1}{27}} = \dfrac{1}{3}

Hence, x = 13\dfrac{1}{3}.

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