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Product of two natural numbers is 17. Then, the sum of reciprocals of their squares is
- \begin{aligned} \frac{290}{289} \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{289} \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} \frac{290}{90} \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} \frac{290}{19} \end{aligned}
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
If the numbers are a, b, then ab = 17,
as 17 is a prime number, so a = 1, b = 17.
\begin{aligned} \frac{1}{a^2} + \frac{1}{b^2} =
\frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{17^2}
\end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} = \frac{290}{289}
\end{aligned}