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|    IlanMayer to HenHanna    |
|    Re: Three rational triples    |
|    13 Sep 24 12:58:08    |
      XPost: rec.puzzles       From: ilan_no_spew@hotmail.com              On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 2:19:31 +0000, HenHanna wrote:              > On 9/11/2024 5:15 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:       >> I discovered that these three sets of three positive rationals have an       >> interesting property in common:       >>       >> 9/2, 4/3, 7/6       >>       >> 49/15, 25/21, 54/35       >>       >> 49/2, 4/7, 27/14       >>       >> If nobody figures it out, I will provide the answer in a week.       >       >       >       > that sounds good.       >              SPOILER              >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >       >              The sum of each triplet is the same as its product.              9/2*4/3*7/6 = 9/2+4/3+7/6 = 7       49/15*25/21*54/35 = 49/15+25/21+54/35 = 6       49/2*4/7*27/14 = 49/2+4/7+27/14 = 27              Please reply to ilanlmayer at gmail dot com               __/\__        \ /       __/\\ //\__ Ilan Mayer       \ /       /__ __\ Toronto, Canada        /__ __\        ||              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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