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Arctangent Sum

Source: AIME 2008I Problem 8

March 23, 2008
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Problem Statement

Find the positive integer n n such that \arctan\frac{1}{3}\plus{}\arctan\frac{1}{4}\plus{}\arctan\frac{1}{5}\plus{}\arctan\frac{1}{n}\equal{}\frac{\pi}{4}.