SOLUTION: One number plus sixteen times its reciprocal is equal to ten. I tried n+16n=10

Question 428488: One number plus sixteen times its reciprocal is equal to ten.
I tried n+16n=10
Answer by eggsarecool(46) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ok so what happened here is that the reciprocal means
One number plus sixteen times its reciprocal is equal to ten.
So the formula should look like.

now multiply every term on both sides by n, the in the will cancel to become 1, leaving you with 16*1=16
subtract 10n from both sides.
now you have a solvable quadratic equation, that factors into.

So or

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