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Repeating decimals 2003-01-08
From A student:
If k=.9repeating, and 10k=9.9repeating then 10k-k=9k, k=1 therefore .9repeating=1 and 1/3=.3repeating 3x1/3=.3repeatingx3, 3/3=.9repeating, therefore 1=.9repeating

It would seem to me that .9repeating approaches one but never quite makes it. Can you clarify?


Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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