SOLUTION: r + 3/r = -4 Where do I begin?

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Question 672670: r + 3/r = -4
Where do I begin?

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

......first both sides multiply by to eliminate
out of denominator



.....move to the left

.........use quadratic formula to solve for











solutions:








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