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Saturday, August 20, 2022

2022/058) Given \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{x+y} find \frac{x}{y} + \frac{y}{x}

Multiply both sides by x+ y to get

\frac{x+y}{x} + \frac{x+y}{y} = 1

or (1+ \frac{y}{x}) + (\frac{x}{y} + 1)  = 1

or    \frac{y}{x} +\frac{x}{y} + 2  = 1

or \frac{y}{x} + \frac{x}{y}   = -1

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