document.write( "Question 391029: one number is 3 times as large as the other and the difference between the resiprocals is 1/6. Find two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi, 
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document.write( "one number is 3 times as large as the other         
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document.write( "Let x and 3x represent  the numbers
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( " 1/x - 1/3x = 1/6  |Multiplying each term by 6x so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( " 6 - 2 = x 
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document.write( "    4 = x
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document.write( "     x = 4   The other number is 12.   (3*4)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer
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document.write( " 1/4 - 1/12 = 3/12 - 1/12 = 2/12 = 1/6  \n" );
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