Originally Posted By: Peter
it's because the reciprocal of the sum is not the same as the sum of the reciprocals


Thank you Peter, that was beautifully put. I tried to express that last night, but it was after midnight and my brain was fuzzy. All I could figure out how to say was it was a commutativity issue, so I tossed the ball back into your court.

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