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Saudi Arabia algebra

Problem

Find all real numbers that can be written as where are positive integers and
Solution
It is clear that and .

On the other hand, if has such a representation, then from the inequalities we get , hence . We note that can be represented in this form by considering and .

If , where and are positive integers, , then we can write and we can consider , , , , , .

The desired numbers are the elements of the set .
Final answer
All rational numbers in the interval (0, 1], i.e., Q ∩ (0, 1].

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