document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=271534>Question 271534</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find 2 fractions whose product is 3/32 and whose sum is 7/8. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #198768 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=198768\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the fractions be x & y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy=3/32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=7/8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(7/8)-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x((7/8)-x)=3/32 substitute (7/8)-x for y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32x((7/8)-x)=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28x-32x^2=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32x^2-28x+3=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3/4, y=1/8 or vice versa<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32x%5E2%2B-28x%2B3+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32x%5E2%2B-28x%2B3+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-28%29%5E2-4%2A32%2A3=400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-28%29%5E2-4%2A32%2A3=400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=400 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--28%2B-sqrt%28+400+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--28%2B-sqrt%28+400+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-28%29%2Bsqrt%28+400+%29%29%2F2%5C32+=+0.75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-28%29%2Bsqrt%28+400+%29%29%2F2%5C32+=+0.75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-28%29-sqrt%28+400+%29%29%2F2%5C32+=+0.125 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-28%29-sqrt%28+400+%29%29%2F2%5C32+=+0.125\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32x%5E2%2B-28x%2B3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32x%5E2%2B-28x%2B3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32x%5E2%2B-28x%2B3+=+32%28x-0.75%29%2A%28x-0.125%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32x%5E2%2B-28x%2B3+=+32%28x-0.75%29%2A%28x-0.125%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 0.75, 0.125.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+32%2Ax%5E2%2B-28%2Ax%2B3+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+32%2Ax%5E2%2B-28%2Ax%2B3+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD></TR>\n" );
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