SOLUTION: One number is 3 times another. If the difference of the reciprocals of the two numbers is 12. Find the numbers

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Question 992230: One number is 3 times another. If the difference of the reciprocals of the two numbers is 12. Find the numbers
Answer by josgarithmetic(39629) About Me  (Show Source):
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The description symbolically is numbers x and y, y=3x, 1%2Fx-1%2Fy=12 easily giving a possible single equation 1%2Fx-1%2F%283x%29=12. The rest is arithmetic.