By Ron Liskey | Earth Date: December 18, 2020 CE
$X$ and $Y$ are any two different numbers selected from the first fifty counting numbers (1 through 50 inclusive). What is the largest value that the following equation can equal?
$$ \dfrac{X + Y}{X - Y} = $$
How big or small can you make the numerator and the denominator of the fraction?
The larger the numerator is compared to the denominator, the larger the number. $$\left(\dfrac{50 + 49}{2 - 1}\right) = \left(\dfrac{99}{1}\right) = 99$$