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Wild and Wooley Numbers (Posted on 2013-08-28) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Can 5 be written as a product of fractions in this set?

W = {2/1, 5/3, 8/5, 11/7, 14/9 ...} = {(3n + 2)/(2n + 1) : n ≥ 0}

Repetitions are allowed.

Note: Extra credit: Same question for 10 and 20.

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Hints/TipsThis explains it (spoiler)broll2013-08-29 04:45:27
SolutionPart 1: producing the 5. No extra credit.Charlie2013-08-28 15:50:03
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