What happens when n is a fraction?

Here is the graph of

Here, there are 2 sets of 3 leaf roses. The petals are not "nested," as they are with different values of b, they intersect.

This is the graph of

Here, we see a similar result. There are 2 sets of 5 leaf roses.

Again, we see a similar result. When n is (5/3) we get 3 sets of "n leaf roses."

So, when n = a/b, a dictates the number of petals to the rose, the usual function of n, and b dictates how many roses, or sets of petals, there will be.

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