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Possible Percent Problems Part 4 (Posted on 2010-01-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
a/b = b% when rounded to the nearest percent.

[1] What are the smallest 5 possible values of b?
[2] What is the largest value b cannot assume?

Now let us generalize the second part.

[3] Find the largest value of b where a/b cannot equal b when it is multiplied by 10^n and rounded to the nearest whole number. (Part [2] is n=2)
Solve for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, ...

No Solution Yet Submitted by Jer    
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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle AnswerK Sengupta2023-11-29 11:40:35
Solutioncomputer solutionsCharlie2010-01-20 14:24:38
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