SOLUTION: If 3/8 is added to the reciprocal of a number, the result is 31/8. Find the number.
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Question 1178439: If 3/8 is added to the reciprocal of a number, the result is 31/8. Find the number.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let a number be , the reciprocal of a number will be
If is added to the reciprocal of a number, the result is , so we have
->and its reciprocal is
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