document.write( "Question 845006: One number is 4 times as large as another. The sum of their reciprocals is 35/4. Find the two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "One number is 4 times as large as another. 
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document.write( "The sum of their reciprocals is 35/4.
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document.write( "    |Multiplying thru by 4x so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( "   1 + 4 = 35x
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document.write( "   5 = 35x
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document.write( "   5/35 = x = 1/7
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document.write( "One number is 1/7 and the larger 4/7
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document.write( "CHECKING our answer***The sum of their reciprocals is 35/4.
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document.write( "  7/4 + 7 = 7/4 + 28/4 = 35/4
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