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Optimal result (Posted on 2018-06-04)

A stick of length L is broken into n equal parts.

What is the maximal product of their lengths?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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(In reply to No Subject by Steven Lord)

What I of course missed is: exp ( ln L -1 ) = exp ( ln L ) / exp ( 1 ) = L / e

Posted by Steven Lord on 2018-06-07 02:10:33

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