Question

What is the smallest number which is one less than twice its reciprocal?

Answer 1

Answer:

The smallest number is x = -2

for which this statement holds !!

Step-by-step explanation:

Let as assume the number be x

then the number is one less than twice its reciprocal i.e,

$x = \frac{2}{x} - 1$

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• Method used to solve quadratic equation is Splitting the middle term !!