Reciprocal of numbers

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The sum of the reciprocals of 2 2 numbers is 11 11 . Three times the reciprocal of 1 1 of the numbers is 3 3 more than twice the reciprocal of the other number. Find the larger number. Give your answer as a decimal number.


The answer is 0.2.

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1 solution

let x x and y y be the numbers, then

1 x + 1 y = 11 \dfrac{1}{x}+\dfrac{1}{y}=11 \large \implies 1 y = 11 1 x \dfrac{1}{y}=11-\dfrac{1}{x} ( 1 ) \color{#D61F06}(1)

and

3 ( 1 x ) = 3 + 2 ( 1 y ) 3 \left(\dfrac{1}{x} \right)=3+2 \left(\dfrac{1}{y} \right) ( 2 ) \color{#D61F06}(2)

Substitute ( 1 ) \color{#D61F06}(1) in ( 2 ) \color{#D61F06}(2) , we have

3 ( 1 x ) = 3 + 2 ( 11 1 x ) 3 \left(\dfrac{1}{x} \right)=3+2 \left(11-\dfrac{1}{x} \right)

3 x = 3 + 22 2 x \dfrac{3}{x}=3+22-\dfrac{2}{x}

3 x + 2 x = 25 \dfrac{3}{x}+\dfrac{2}{x}=25

5 x = 25 \dfrac{5}{x}=25

x = 5 25 = 1 5 = x=\dfrac{5}{25}=\dfrac{1}{5}= 0.2 \boxed{0.2}

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