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The denominator of a fraction is one more than twice the numerator. If the sum of the fraction and its reciprocal is 2 19/15, find the fraction.

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Let the numerator be ‘X’, so the denominator will be ‘(2X+1)’.

On applying Sreedhracharya formula

X= -7/11 or 3

∴ X = 3 (Only positive values)

∴ Numerator is = 3 & denominator is (2X+1) = 7

∴ The fraction is  3/7.

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