Suppose the two numbers are x and y.
Then, the sum of THEIR reciprocals is 1/x + 1/y = y/xy + x/xy = (y + x)/xy = 7/25
1/x + 1/y = (y+x)/xy But y + x = sum = 150, and xy = product = 40 So sum of reciprocals = 150/40 = 3.75
(50 + 15) = 65 (50 x 15) = 750 1/50 + 1/15 = 13/150
Suppose the numbers are x and y. The sum of their reciprocals = 1/x + 1/y = y/xy + x/xy = (y+x)/xy = (x+y)/xy = 10/30 = 1/3
Reciprocals, or multiplicative inverses
1/x+1/y y/xy+x/xy x+y/xy=12/24 12/24=1/2 1/2 is the answer.
It is 0.5
1/x + 1/y = (y+x)/xy But y + x = sum = 150, and xy = product = 40 So sum of reciprocals = 150/40 = 3.75
If you multiply two reciprocals, their product must be 1.
I have a feeling that you wrote "opposite reciprocals"where you only needed to write "reciprocals".Their product is ' 1 '.
Two numbers are negative reciprocals if their product is -1. The numbers 1/2 and -2 are negative reciprocals. Their product is -1. This is often seen in problems involving the slopes of two lines. The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals. Their product is -1.
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(50 + 15) = 65 (50 x 15) = 750 1/50 + 1/15 = 13/150
The Two numbers are reciprocals of each number
They're known as reciprocals.
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The numbers are reciprocals of one another.
reciprocals, multiplicative inverses