document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127979>Question 127979</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Unable to solve. Please help. An integer minus 3 times its reciprocal equals 26/3. What is the integer? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X-3/X=26/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X^2-3)/X=26/3 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(X^2-3)=26X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X^2-9-26X=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X^2-26X-9=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3X+1)(X-9)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X+1=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-1/3 ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X-9=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=9 ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9-3*1/9=26/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(81-3)/9=26/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78/9=26/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26/3=26/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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