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Question from garry, a parent:

the sum of two different positive numbers is 75 while the product
of the same two numbers is 25. Fine the sum of the reciprocals of these
two numbers

Garry,

Suppose the numbers are x and y, then you know x + y = 75 and xy = 25.

Write 1/x + 1/y with a common denominator.

Penny

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