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Problem
When the decimal point of a certain positive decimal number is moved four places to the right, the new number is four times the reciprocal of the original number. What is the original number?
Solution
We can write our equation as:
Cross-multiply and solve for 
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See Also
| 2001 AMC 10 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 | |
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