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The Number System: Rational Numbers
Converting multi-digit repeating decimals to fractions-II
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Converting multi-digit repeating decimals to fractions-II
Introduction
Some decimals never end but repeat a group of digits again and again. These are called repeating decimals. In math, every repeating decimal can...
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Transcript
Sofia is participating in a math challenge during her school's math club activity. To move to the next level, she is asked to express the repeating decimal one point two five repeating as a fraction.
She starts by assigning a variable to the decimal and writes x equals one point two five repeating.
Because the decimal repeats in a gr...
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