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If a certain positive number is added to 8 times the reciprocal of 3 more than the number, the result is 6.
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document.write( "Change the words \"a certain positive number\" and \"the number\" both to x:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "If x is added to 8 times the reciprocal of 3 more than x, the result is 6.
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document.write( "Change the words \"3 more than x\" to \"x+3\", since to get 3 more than x,\r\n" );
document.write( "you put +3 after it:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "If x is added to 8 times the reciprocal of x+3, the result is 6.
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\n" ); document.write( "If x is added to 8 times $\"1%2F%28x%2B3%29\"$ , the result is 6.
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document.write( "Change the words \"If x is added to \" to \"\".\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"8%2F%28x%2B3%29%2Bx\"$ , the result is 6.
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document.write( "Multiply through by the LCD, and solve the quadratic.  It will factor.\r\n" );
document.write( "You'll get two answers, one negative and the other positive. You\r\n" );
document.write( "only want the positive one, since that's what the original problem\r\n" );
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