SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation: 1/a + 1/b = 1/c, solve for c

SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation: 1/a + 1/b = 1/c, solve for c

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Question 26507: please help me solve this equation: 1/a + 1/b = 1/c, solve for c
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

multiply first fraction by 1, written as b/b.
multiply second fraction by 1, written as a/a

we then get:

and now, invert or cross-multiply, however you like to think of it:

jon.

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