ĐKXĐ : \(x\notin\left\{0;-1;-2;-3;-4\right\}\)
Ta có \(\dfrac{1}{x}+\dfrac{1}{x+1}+\dfrac{1}{x+2}+\dfrac{1}{x+3}+\dfrac{1}{x+4}=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2x+4}{x.\left(x+4\right)}+\dfrac{2x+4}{\left(x+1\right).\left(x+3\right)}+\dfrac{1}{x+2}=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2x+4}{\left(x+2\right)^2-4}+\dfrac{2x+4}{\left(x+2\right)^2-1}+\dfrac{1}{x+2}=0\) (*)
Đặt x + 2 = a \(\left(a\ne0\right)\)
(*) \(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2a}{a^2-4}+\dfrac{2a}{a^2-1}+\dfrac{1}{a}=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2}{a-\dfrac{4}{a}}+\dfrac{2}{a-\dfrac{1}{a}}+\dfrac{1}{a}=0\) (**)
Đặt \(\dfrac{1}{a}=b\left(b\ne0\right)\) \(\Rightarrow ab=1\)
Ta được (**) \(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2}{a-4b}+\dfrac{2}{a-b}+b=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2b}{1-4b^2}+\dfrac{2b}{1-b^2}+b=0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\dfrac{2}{1-4b^2}+\dfrac{2}{1-b^2}=-1\)
\(\Rightarrow4-10b^2=-4b^4+5b^2-1\)
\(\Leftrightarrow4b^4-15b^2+5=0\) (***)
Đặt b2 = t > 0
Ta có (***) <=> \(4t^2-15t+5=0\Leftrightarrow t=\dfrac{15\pm\sqrt{145}}{8}\) (tm)
\(\Leftrightarrow b=\pm\sqrt{\dfrac{15\pm\sqrt{145}}{8}}\)
mà x + 2 = a ; ab = 1
nên \(x=\pm\sqrt{\dfrac{8}{15\pm\sqrt{145}}}-2\)
Thử lại ta có phương trình có 4 nghiệm như trên
