document.write( "Question 1156495: One number is 3 times another. The sum of their reciprocals is
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document.write( "One number is x, the other number is 3x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "     +  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 3x. You will get then\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3 + 1 = 16x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4 = 16x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The numbers are   and .\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   The reciprocal numbers are 4 and , and their sum is  4 +  =  = .  ! Precisely correct. !\r\n" );
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