The sum of the reciprocals of three positive integers is 1312. What are the three positive integers?
We want to try to find 3 numbers with an Least Common Multiple of 12.
We also want these integers to be as small as possible, but can't let it be 1.
Let's take a look at the numbers 2,3,4.
The reciprocals of these numbers are
12,13,14
Let's add these fractions up. We get
12+13+14
The common denominator is 12. Converting all fractions to a denominator of 12, we get
612+412+312=1312
So 2,3 and 4 are our answers.
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