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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:11 pm
tsmith93 wrote:If a and b are positive integers and their product is 3 times their sum, what is the value of 1/a + 1/b?
ab = 3(a+b) as the question suggest
so , dividing both side by ab , we get
1= 3(1/b+ 1/a) --> so 1/a + 1/b = [spoiler]1/3 Ans[/spoiler]
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