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The question as stated now suggests that the LH is less than 10^9, not the number itself.
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What is the "linguistically hardest" number less than $10^9$?

he linguistic hardness ($LH$) of a natural number is the ratio of the amount of letters in the writing of this number in English to the amount of its digits.

For example, $LH(1234) = 7.75$, as:

$$\frac{\mbox{Number of letters}}{\mbox{Number of digits}} = \frac{\mbox{(one thousand two hundred thirty four)}}{1234}= 31/4 = 7.75$$

What the is $N: 0<N<10^9$ with biggest $LH(N)$?

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