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They didn't. It isn't supposed to add up to one, rather fractional amounts can be formed by adding various combinations of the fractions. If the eguptions needed to represent the value 1, they wouldn't do it with fractions.

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Q: How did the Egyptians justify the fact that the fractions of the Eye of Horus did not add up to 1?
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