SOLUTION: y1=1/x+3, y2=1/x, and y1+y2=1/15 Find all the values of x

SOLUTION: y1=1/x+3, y2=1/x, and y1+y2=1/15 Find all the values of x

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Question 98506: y1=1/x+3, y2=1/x, and y1+y2=1/15
Find all the values of x
Answer by malakumar_kos@yahoo.com(315) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y1=1/x+3, y2=1/x, and y1+y2=1/15
Find all the values of x

1/(x+3)+1/(x) = 1/15
x+x+3/x(x+3)= 1/15
15(2x+3)= x(x+3)
30x+45 = x^2+3x
x^2+3x-30x-45 = 0
x^2-27x-45 = 0

x = 27 +- sqrt (27^2+180)/2
simplify to get the value of x

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