SOLUTION: Find a rational number between 2 and3 ?

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Question 976878: Find a rational number between 2 and3 ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pick a whole number; any whole number so that w%3E1, and call it w.

2%28w%2Fw%29%3Cr%3C3%28w%2Fw%29

2w%2Fw%3Cr%3C3w%2Fw

You can easily choose, if w is small enough, %282w%2B1%29%2Fw as a possible value for r.