Given that (97/19)= w+ (1/(x+(1/y))), if w, x, and y are all positive, find the value of w+x+y?
2006-12-18 13:56:12 · 4 answers · asked by mascga3 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
POSITIVE INTEGERS, srry
2006-12-18 14:04:33 · update #1
one possible solution is:
w = 5, x = 9, y = 2
so w+x+y = 16
2006-12-18 14:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you also restrict w, x, and y to be integers, you have 1 equation with 3 variables and so an infinite number of solutions.
2006-12-18 14:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have three variables, you need at least three equations to solve for them, unless you restrict the values for w,x, and y.
2006-12-18 14:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by Alan W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-18 14:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by dreamery412 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋