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I thought of a number. 1 /2 of 1 /3 of this number is 1. What is my number?

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let's say the number is "n", one third of that is just (1/3)n, and half of that is just (1/2)(1/3)n, now, we also know it equals 1, so


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6. 1*2 = 2, and 2*3 = 6.

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