a. \(Z=\left(\sqrt{x}-\dfrac{x+2}{\sqrt{x}+1}\right):\left(\dfrac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x}+1}+\dfrac{\sqrt{x}-4}{x-1}\right)\)\(\left(x\ge0,x\ne1\right)\)
\(Z=\dfrac{x\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x}-x\sqrt{x}+x-2\sqrt{x}+2}{x-1}:\dfrac{x-\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x}-4}{x-1}\)
\(Z=\dfrac{-3\sqrt{x}+x+2}{x-1}:\dfrac{x-4}{x-1}=\dfrac{x-3\sqrt{x}+2}{x-1}.\dfrac{x-1}{x-4}\)
\(Z=\dfrac{x-3\sqrt{x}+2}{x-4}\)
b. \(Z=\dfrac{x-3\sqrt{x}+2}{x-4}< \dfrac{1}{2}\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{x-3\sqrt{x}+2}{x-4}-\dfrac{1}{2}< 0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2x-6\sqrt{x}+4-x+4}{2x-8}< 0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{x-6\sqrt{x}+8}{2x-8}< 0\)\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{\left(\sqrt{x}-2\right)\left(\sqrt{x}-4\right)}{2\left(x-4\right)}< 0\)
*\(\Leftrightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left(\sqrt{x}-2\right)\left(\sqrt{x}-4\right)< 0\\2\left(x-4\right)>0\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Leftrightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left[{}\begin{matrix}\sqrt{x}-2< 0\&\sqrt{x}-4>0\\\sqrt{x}-2>0\&\sqrt{x}-4< 0\end{matrix}\right.\\2\left(x-4\right)>0\end{matrix}\right.\)\(\Leftrightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left[{}\begin{matrix}x< 4\&x>16\left(l\right)\\16>x>4\end{matrix}\right.\\x>4\end{matrix}\right.\)
* \(\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left(\sqrt{x}-2\right)\left(\sqrt{x}-4\right)>0\\2\left(x-4\right)< 0\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Leftrightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left[{}\begin{matrix}\sqrt{x}-2>0\&\sqrt{x}-4>0\\\sqrt{x}-2< 0\&\sqrt{x}-4< 0\end{matrix}\right.\\2\left(x-4\right)< 0\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Leftrightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left[{}\begin{matrix}x>16\\x< 4\end{matrix}\right.\\x< 4\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Leftrightarrow16>x>4\)
Vậy: \(Z< \dfrac{1}{2}\Leftrightarrow16>x>4\)