SOLUTION: A positive number is three less then its reciprocal. What is the number? what i've done: x>0 x=(1/x)-3

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Question 826566: A positive number is three less then its reciprocal. What is the number?
what i've done:
x>0
x=(1/x)-3
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Those are good. You then stopped. No reason to stop. Keep going; solve for x. Clear the denominator. Multiply left and right of the equation by x.

x%2Ax=x%28%281%2Fx%29-3%29
x%5E2=1-3x
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