SOLUTION: One number is 8 times another. The sum of their reciprocals is 81/8. Find the numbers.

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Question 541019: One number is 8 times another. The sum of their reciprocals is 81/8. Find the numbers.
Answer by friesr(113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
N = Number
8n = Another Number

Get common denominator:










n = 72/648 or 1/9

Number = 1/9
Another number = 8/9

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