The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 17/4. What is the number?
1 Answer
Apr 1, 2017
Solution is number is
Explanation:
Let the be
Therefore we have
Multiplying every term by
i.e.
or
or
or
or
or
i.e. either
or
Hence, solution is number is
This is so because not only both of them add up to