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Any help with this question would be greatly appreciated:

Find the value of x such that

1+x
----- = ('root' 3)
x

giving your answer in the form a + b ('root' 3)

Thanks

Reply 1

Fuzzy12345

Original post by JG735

Any help with this question would be greatly appreciated:

Find the value of x such that

1+x
----- = ('root' 3)
x

giving your answer in the form a + b ('root' 3)

Thanks

Multiply both sides by something to get rid of the fraction, get all x-terms on one side and all other terms on the other, factorise x out and divide

Reply 2

usycool1

Original post by JG735

Any help with this question would be greatly appreciated:

Find the value of x such that

1+x
----- = ('root' 3)
x

giving your answer in the form a + b ('root' 3)

Thanks

I think you have to rearrange it to get x on its own.