text: ### Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee
  
  Two brothers were left some money, amounting to an exact number of pounds, to divide between them. DEE undertook the division. "But your heap is larger than mine!" cried DUM...
  
  ### Lower Bound
  
  What would you get if you continued this sequence of fraction sums? 1/2 + 2/1 = 2/3 + 3/2 = 3/4 + 4/3 =
  
  ### Sum Equals Product
  
  The sum of the numbers 4 and 1 [1/3] is the same as the product of 4 and 1 [1/3]; that is to say 4 + 1 [1/3] = 4 × 1 [1/3]. What other numbers have the sum equal to the product and can this be so for any whole numbers?
  
  # Tyre Wear
  
  ##### Stage: 3 Short Challenge Level:
  
  A car with $5$ tyres (four road tyres and a spare) travelled $30000 \;\text{km}$. All $5$ tyres were used equally. How many kilometres' wear did each tyre receive?
  
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