SOLUTION: Please help me with this story problem: the reciprocal of a number equals the reciprocal of the difference of 4 and a number. Find the number thank you!

SOLUTION: Please help me with this story problem: the reciprocal of a number equals the reciprocal of the difference of 4 and a number. Find the number thank you!

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Question 199830: Please help me with this story problem: the reciprocal of a number equals the reciprocal of the difference of 4 and a number. Find the number
thank you!
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write the words as an equation (let x be the number):

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Solve for x:

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