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Fraction Magic Square (Posted on 2004-05-22)

Find a 3x3 magic square composed of distinct proper fractions with no denominator greater than 9.

Note: A proper fraction is a fraction between 0 and 1. A proper fraction is NOT equal to 0 or 1.

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

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Clarification?

| Comment 4 of 6 |

Does a magic square require all cells to be unique?

If not, then a trivial solution (with a minimum denominator) is:

1/2  1/2  1/2

1/2  1/2  1/2

1/2  1/2  1/2

Posted by Erik on 2004-06-02 10:13:17

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