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Question 433852: One number is five times as larger as another. The sum of their reciprocals is 3/5. What are the numbers?
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One number is five times as larger as another.
The sum of their reciprocals is 3/5.
What are the numbers?
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Let x = "one number"
then
5x = "another number"
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Multiply by 5x to clear the denominators, results:
5 + 1 = 3(x)
3x = 6
x = 2 is one number
and
5(2) = 10 = another number
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Check
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