SOLUTION: A positive number is three less then its reciprocal. What is the number? what i've done: x>0 x=(1/x)-3

SOLUTION: A positive number is three less then its reciprocal. What is the number? what i've done: x>0 x=(1/x)-3

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Question 826566: A positive number is three less then its reciprocal. What is the number?
what i've done:
x>0
x=(1/x)-3
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Those are good. You then stopped. No reason to stop. Keep going; solve for x. Clear the denominator. Multiply left and right of the equation by x.

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