combine does not seem to work properly

Question:combine does not seem to work properly

Posted: sm3scott 0 Product: Maple 14

November 12 2010

Let a:= (2x-1)/sqrt(1-4x²) , b:=sqrt(1-2x)/sqrt(1+2x)

then c:=combine(a/b,radical,symbolic) is 1, it should be -1 !

(Multiply b top and bottom by sqrt(1-2x) to see this).

Am I misunderstanding combine?

Sean Scott
Instructional Support Coordinator
Faculty of Mathematics
University of Waterloo

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