document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40793>Question 40793</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0536965943/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number added to the product of 6 and the reciprocal of the number equals -5. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " equals -5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO X+6*1/X=-5.MULTIPLYING WITH X THROUGHOUT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2+6=-5X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2+5X+6=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2+3X+2X+6=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X(X+3)+2(X+3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X+2)(X+3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-2...OR....-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO THE NUMBER IS -2 OR -3. </SPAN>\n" );
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