To: Old Professer
"Your going to hate the next question, 1/3+1/5+1/7+1/11+1/17+1/19=?"
3+5+7+11+17+19 / 3*5*7*11*17*19 = 62/373,065.
Given your use of prime numbers for denominators and 1's for numerators, the formula still works the same. Fascinating -- and I wish I'd known this when I was teaching the stuff!
194 posted on
01/03/2007 5:54:57 AM PST by
angeliquemb9
(Didn't learn fractions until I had to teach it.)
To: angeliquemb9
I am completely wrong. Thought more about the problem as I was driving to work. Much as it would be delightful for that to work, it doesn't work that way. The actual answer is 327758/373065 or .88.
195 posted on
01/03/2007 7:34:31 AM PST by
angeliquemb9
(Didn't learn fractions until I had to teach it -- still learning, obviously.)
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