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Integral Part

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July 27, 2008
calculusintegrationratiofloor functionquadraticsgeometric sequencealgebra

Problem Statement

For a positive number such as 3.27, 3 is referred to as the integral part of the number and .27 as the decimal part. Find a positive number such that its decimal part, its integral part, and the number itself form a geometric progression.