Concept explainers
To find:The number whose sum and reciprocal is equal to
Answer to Problem 1P
The number is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The number and reciprocal of the number is
Formula used:
We have to equate both left and right hand side.
And then we will use
Calculation:
Consider that the number and reciprocal of the number is
Let the number be
Then
Recall that we have to equate both left and right hand side of the equation
Therefore
Recall that we will use quadratic equation
Where
Therefore
Therefore the number is
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