SOLUTION: the product of two more than a number and three times the reciprocal of the number is 15/4. find the number.
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Question 889615: the product of two more than a number and three times the reciprocal of the number is 15/4. find the number.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
just write an equation for what it says
:
the product of two more than a number and three times the reciprocal of the number is 15/4.
(n+2) * =
We can write it
=
cross multiply
12(n+2) = 15n
12n + 24 = 15n
24 = 15n - 12n
24 = 3n
n = 24/3
n = 8
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see if that works
(8+2) * =
=
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