document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1156495>Question 1156495</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is 3 times another. The sum of their reciprocals is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "16/3. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the two numbers are in the ratio 3:1, then their reciprocals are in the ratio 1:3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So divide the given sum of the reciprocals, 16/3, into two parts in the ratio 1:3.  Those two parts are 4/3 and 12/3=4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the reciprocals are 4/3 and 4, the two numbers are 3/4 and 1/4.<br><BR>\n" );
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