SOLUTION: Find the number such that when it is added to 3 and the sum halved, the result is the same as when 5 is divided by the number
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Question 890141: Find the number such that when it is added to 3 and the sum halved, the result is the same as when 5 is divided by the number
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, from the statement of the problem.
==> after cross multiplication
<==>
<==> , after factorization
==> x = -5, or 2
If only positive value is allowed, x = 2.
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