24. Find all numbers whose difference is 4 and the sum of whose reciprocals is 2. 25. A number is 4 more than twice another number. Find all such numbers if the sum of their reciprocals is

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b. extraneous solutions
c. imaginary solutions only
22. One number is three times another number. Find the
two numbers if the sum of their reciprocals is
6*
23. What number must be added to both the numera-
tor and the denominator of
17
equivalent to?
to produce a fraction
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of whose reciprocals is
2
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25. A number is 4 more than twice another number. Find
all such numbers if the sum of their reciprocals is.
26. Josiah and his younger brother Lucas volunteered
to paint a community center. They did the job in
8 hr. Josiah could do the job alone in 12 hr. How long
would it have taken Lucas to do the job alone?
if it
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Transcribed Image Text:b. extraneous solutions c. imaginary solutions only 22. One number is three times another number. Find the two numbers if the sum of their reciprocals is 6* 23. What number must be added to both the numera- tor and the denominator of 17 equivalent to? to produce a fraction 24. Find all numbers whose difference is 4 and the sum of whose reciprocals is 2 3° 25. A number is 4 more than twice another number. Find all such numbers if the sum of their reciprocals is. 26. Josiah and his younger brother Lucas volunteered to paint a community center. They did the job in 8 hr. Josiah could do the job alone in 12 hr. How long would it have taken Lucas to do the job alone? if it 8 h 33. Ar sic in Pr > C. 34. It 35. I
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