document.write( "Question 1134880: I am not sure how to do the problem which I will write down. I hope you can help me. Thank you in advance.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #752374 by josgarithmetic(39617)\"\" \"About 
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x and 1/x.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B1%2Fx=17%2F4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%28x%2B1%2Fx%29=4x%2817%2F4%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%5E2%2B4=17x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%5E2-17x%2B4=0\"
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