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80 Assume 1. Multiplying by the given expression we have

Get 1 by operating on 3$1/undefined$$1/undefined$

The total, $1/undefined$$1/undefined$, times, 3$1/undefined$$1/undefined$ makes 1, for we have first to add $1/undefined$,$1/undefined$, and $1/undefined$, and then the smaller fractions

$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$

which, taken as parts of 576, make

8361891,

a total of 72, or $1/undefined$ of 576. Therefore the answer is $1/undefined$$1/undefined$.

Proof.' The total is 1, for we have first to add $1/undefined$ and $1/undefined$, and then the smaller fractions

$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$$1/undefined$

which, taken as parts of 288, make

9182438181,

a total of 72, or $1/undefined$ of 288.

Express the result in ro.