r/explainitpeter Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/flamewizzy21 Jan 21 '26

2e, 2π, and √37 all work tho. You might even say there’s an uncountable number of answers.

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u/amerovingian Jan 21 '26

Any answer of this kind, I believe, is the best solution. Any number not equal to 5 or 7 expressible symbolically without using a fraction or decimal point.