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- mathsyperson
- 2005-09-29 01:04:26
My way is to turn the decimal into one recurring decimal and one terminating one. Taking yours as an example:
0.2*428571* = 0.*142857* + 0.1 = 142857/999999 + 1/10 = 1428570/9999990 + 999999/9999990 = 2428569/9999990 = 17/70.
I realise that was already said, but this shows how to get the solution to any problem.
- kylekatarn
- 2005-09-23 08:04:18
Byhalk wrote:
Work out a fraction that is equivalent to 0.2*428571*
The star signs resemble a reacuring parts. pleeease help me i would apprieciate
First of all, a recurring digit is written like this
x.(y)
but you cant represent with a fraction "numbers" that have two infinite periods (2 recurring parts) - 0.2(2)428571(1)
if the '2' repeats until infinity....there's no 'normal' mathematical way of representing [....]42857111111111111111111111111(1).... after that with a fraction.. Unless you invent a new kind of math ; )
Normal infinite periodic decimals are easy to convert into fractions.
0.(A) = A/9
0.(AA) = AA/99
0.(AAA) = AAA/999
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0.(A.......A) = (AAA.......A)/(9*9*9*.......*9)
examples:
0.22222222222222222222... = 0.(2) = 2/9
0.45454545454545454545... = 0.(45) = 45/99
0.12312312312312312312... = 0.(123) = 123/999
0.552212355221235522123... = 0.(5522123) = 5522123/9999999
5.33333333333333333333... = 5.(3) = 5+ 0.(3) = 5+3/9
and so on...
- MathsIsFun
- 2005-09-23 07:28:58
Quick way:
It has a similar pattern to 1/7, which is 0.1428571428571...
So I tried 0.2428571 x 7 = 1.7
And so the fraction would be 17/70
(Or 1.7/7, but it isn't right to mix decimals in fractions, so multiplying top and bottom by 10 fixes it)
- Byhalk
- 2005-09-23 02:28:37
Work out a fraction that is equivalent to 0.2*428571*
The star signs resemble a reacuring parts. pleeease help me i would apprieciate