document.write( "Question 1015029: When 3 is divided by the sum of 8 and a certain number, the result is equal to the reciprocal of the number, find the number \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "When 3 is divided by the sum of 8 and a certain number, the result is equal to the reciprocal of the number, find the number
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "An equation which describes this situation is\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3%2F%28x%2B8%29\" = \"1%2Fx\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Can you solve it?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The first step is to multiply both sides by x*(x+8) to get off the denominators.\r
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