---
id: 5900f4331000cf542c50ff45
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 198: Ambiguous Numbers'
---
## Description
A best approximation to a real number x for the denominator bound d is a rational number r/s (in reduced form) with s ≤ d, so that any rational number p/q which is closer to x than r/s has q > d.
Usually the best approximation to a real number is uniquely determined for all denominator bounds. However, there are some exceptions, e.g. 9/40 has the two best approximations 1/4 and 1/5 for the denominator bound 6.
We shall call a real number x ambiguous, if there is at least one denominator bound for which x possesses two best approximations. Clearly, an ambiguous number is necessarily rational.
How many ambiguous numbers x = p/q,
0 < x < 1/100, are there whose denominator q does not exceed 108?
## Instructions
## Tests
```yml
tests:
- text: euler198() should return 52374425.
testString: assert.strictEqual(euler198(), 52374425, 'euler198() should return 52374425.');
```
## Challenge Seed
```js
function euler198() {
// Good luck!
return true;
}
euler198();
```