Comes out as 167820976/41955243 in lowest terms, which isn't quite 4. | Hacker News

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MereInterest on Aug 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How do you find integer solutions to x/(y + z) + y...

Comes out as 167820976/41955243 in lowest terms, which isn't quite 4.

glitcher on Aug 7, 2017 [–]

Language nitpick (because maths):

I realize when you say "isn't quite 4" you mean the solution is not quite equal to 4, but it could also be incorrectly interpreted as a solution that is slightly less than 4.

167820976/41955243 = 4 + 4/41955243

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