Question

the sum of two rational numbers is -5 by 4 if one of them is -3 find the other​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1/x + 1/ y = -5/4 ; 1/-3 + 1/y = -5/4

1/y= -5/4 + 1/3 = -15+4/12 = -11/12

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

the sum of two rational numbers is -5 /4

one of them is -3

the other

$= - \frac{5}{4} - ( - 3) \\ = \frac{ - 5 + 3}{4} \\ = \frac{ - 2}{4} \\ = - \frac{ 1}{2}$