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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.

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One of the arrangements is as shown in the following table:

5/9...1/9...5/6
7/9...1/2...2/9
1/6...8/9...4/9

Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-09-12 01:08:44

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