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Work out a fraction that is equivalent to 0.2*428571*
The star signs resemble a reacuring parts. pleeease help me i would apprieciate
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)
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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.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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