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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick MacKinnon  and
Nick Lord
Nick MacKinnon
Affiliation:
Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon EX16 4DN
Nick Lord
Affiliation:
Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent
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The aim of this short article is to produce a sequence of real numbers x1, x2, x3, … with the property that, for each n,

x1 + x2 + … + xn = x1x2 = xn.

This turns out to be an interesting classroom exercise involving simple equations and iteration.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 70 , Issue 451 , March 1986 , pp. 21 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1986

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