SOLUTION: Given that x/y - y/x = 1/z, what is a simplified expression for y?

Question 1172301: Given that x/y - y/x = 1/z, what is a simplified expression for y?
Answer by ikleyn(52907) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You start with

     -  = 



Multiply both sides by xy

    x^2 - y^2 = 

    y^2 +  - x^2 = 0.



It is a quadratic equation for "y" with coefficients  a= 1,  b= ,  c = .



Now apply the quadratic formula to get an expression of  " y "  via coefficients.

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