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MissTica
3 years ago
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The sum of the reciprocals of two consecutive even integers is 7/24. Write an equation that can be used to find the two integers

. Find the two integers.
Mathematics
1 answer:
sergejj [24]3 years ago
5 0
Assume the first even integer is x.
The next even integer will be 2 digits after this digit. So the next even integer will be x+2.

The reciprocals of these two even integers can be written as \frac{1}{x} and \frac{1}{x+2} respectively.

The sum of their reciprocals is 7/24. So we can set up the equation as:

\frac{1}{x}+ \frac{1}{x+2}= \frac{7}{24}

Taking LCM on left hand side:

\frac{x+2+x}{x(x+2)}= \frac{7}{24} \\  \\ 
 \frac{2x+2}{ x^{2} +2x}= \frac{7}{24}

Cross Multiplying the denominators:

24(2x+2)=7({ x^{2} +2x}) \\  \\ 
48x+48=7 x^{2} +14x \\  \\ 
7 x^{2} +14x-48x-48=0 \\  \\ 
7 x^{2} -34x-48=0 \\  \\ 



Using the quadratic formula to solve the above equation:
7 x^{2} -34x-48=0 \\  \\ 
x= \frac{34+- \sqrt{1156+1344} }{14} \\  \\ 
x= \frac{34+- \sqrt{2500} }{14} \\  \\ 
x=\frac{34+-50 }{14} \\  \\ 
x=6 \\ x=- \frac{8}{7} 


Since, the value of x can only be an integer, we discard the fractional value and keep x=6

So the first even integer is 6 and the next even integer is 8. The sum of reciprocals of 6 and 8 is 7/24

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