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Given two real numbers 1 1p+1q=1and pq=92, what is q?

 Jul 8, 2020
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Notice that 

1p=qpq1q=ppq

If we rewrote the fractions like this, then we could add the two fractions.

 

1p+1q=qpq+ppq=p+qpq

 

Substituting pq = 9/2,

 

p+q=92

 

Subtracting q on both sides,

p=92q

 

Substituting this into pq = 9/2,

 

q(92q)=92q292q+92=02q29q+9=0

 

You can solve this equation by using the formula q=b±b24ac2a, where a is the coefficient of x^2, b is the coefficient of x, and c is the constant term.

 Jul 8, 2020
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Thanks!

AnimalMaster  Jul 8, 2020

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