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Overturning Fracsum
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level 
Can you show how the first equation can be arranged to get $\dfrac 1 x + \dfrac 1 y =2$?
Can you rearrange the other two equations in a similar way?
It might be helpful to have a look at the problem Symmetricality.
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