A rounded-down integer solution can result in a less than optimal solution.

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When rounding down, we are essentially ignoring the fractional part of a number. This can result in a solution that is lower than the actual optimal solution, which may require using the fractional part. For example, if we are trying to divide a cake into equal parts and we round down the number of slices, it may result in some people getting smaller slices than if we had used a more precise calculation.

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