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#1 2023-11-19 10:41:28

sologuitar
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Solve for c

Solve 1/a = 1/b + 1/c


I think the first step is to multiply both sides of the equation by ABC.


(abc)(1/a) = (abc)(1/b + 1/c)


bc = ac + ab


Is this OK so far?

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#2 2023-11-19 13:17:35

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Solve for c

In the right path.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#3 2023-11-19 13:40:52

amnkb
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Re: Solve for c

sologuitar wrote:

Solve 1/a = 1/b + 1/c

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#4 2023-11-20 12:33:05

sologuitar
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Re: Solve for c

amnkb wrote:
sologuitar wrote:

Solve 1/a = 1/b + 1/c

Thanks but I didn't ask you to solve for c.
I often find myself going through a textbook like walking in the park on a sunny day. I then reach a certain chapter or section that requires knowledge of all the previous math material I have learned or thought I learned. Confusion sets in to create a stumbling block that keeps me wondering if I truly learned anything at all in my previous math courses or chapters or sections that I just completed. Why does this happen? How do I keep myself from forgetting the earlier chapters or sections in math textbooks?

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