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Problem 909

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Algebra Difficulty 5.7 Find the answer

2.074. (a1/ma1/n)2+4a(m+n)/(mn)(a2/ma2/n)(am+1m+an+1n)\frac{\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)^{2}+4 a^{(m+n) /(m n)}}{\left(a^{2 / m}-a^{2 / n}\right)\left(\sqrt[m]{a^{m+1}}+\sqrt[n]{a^{n+1}}\right)}.

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Solution.

Domain of definition: {a>0, if m and n are even numbers, a0,a1.\left\{\begin{array}{l}a>0, \text { if } m \text { and } n-\text { are even numbers, } \\ a \neq 0, \\ a \neq 1 .\end{array}\right.

(a1/ma1/n)2+4a(m+n)/(mn)(a2/ma2/n)(am+1m+an+1n)==a2/m2a1/ma1/n+a2/n+4a(m+n)/(mn)(a1/ma1/n)(a1/m+a1/n)(a(m+1)/m+a(n+1)/n)= \begin{aligned} & \frac{\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)^{2}+4 a^{(m+n) /(m n)}}{\left(a^{2 / m}-a^{2 / n}\right)\left(\sqrt[m]{a^{m+1}}+\sqrt[n]{a^{n+1}}\right)}= \\ &=\frac{a^{2 / m}-2 a^{1 / m} a^{1 / n}+a^{2 / n}+4 a^{(m+n) /(m n)}}{\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a^{1 / m}+a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a^{(m+1) / m}+a^{(n+1) / n}\right)}= \end{aligned}

=a2/m2a(1/m)+(1/n)+a2/n+4a(1/m)+(1/n)(a1/ma1/n)(a1/m+a1/n)(a1+1/m+a1+1/n)==a2/m+2a(1/m)+(1/n)+a2/n(a1/ma1/n)(a1/m+a1/n)(aa1/m+aa1/n)==(a1/m+a1/n)2(a1/ma1/n)(a1/m+a1/n)a(a1/m+a1/n)=1a(a1/ma1/n)=1a(aman) \begin{aligned} & =\frac{a^{2 / m}-2 a^{(1 / m)+(1 / n)}+a^{2 / n}+4 a^{(1 / m)+(1 / n)}}{\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a^{1 / m}+a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a^{1+1 / m}+a^{1+1 / n}\right)}= \\ & =\frac{a^{2 / m}+2 a^{(1 / m)+(1 / n)}+a^{2 / n}}{\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a^{1 / m}+a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a \cdot a^{1 / m}+a \cdot a^{1 / n}\right)}= \\ & =\frac{\left(a^{1 / m}+a^{1 / n}\right)^{2}}{\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)\left(a^{1 / m}+a^{1 / n}\right) a\left(a^{1 / m}+a^{1 / n}\right)}=\frac{1}{a\left(a^{1 / m}-a^{1 / n}\right)}=\frac{1}{a(\sqrt[m]{a}-\sqrt[n]{a})} \end{aligned}

Answer: 1a(aman)\frac{1}{a(\sqrt[m]{a}-\sqrt[n]{a})}

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