SOLUTION: One number is 4 times another. If the sum of their reciprocals is 5/12 find the two numbers.

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Question 107366: One number is 4 times another. If the sum of their reciprocals
is 5/12 find the two numbers.

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the numbers a and b


multiply both sides by






answer

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