SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation: 1/a+1/b=1/c. solve for b
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Question 268559: please help me solve this equation: 1/a+1/b=1/c. solve for b
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/a + 1/b=1/c multiply each term by abc
bc+ac=ab subtract bc from each side
bc-bc+ac=ab-bc collect like terms
ab-bc=ac or
b(a-c)=ac divide each side by (a-c)
b=ac/(a-c)--------------------ans
Does this help?---ptaylor
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