SOLUTION: If the correct answer to a problem is 2.333333... indicating that the 3 is repeating, is it unacceptable to write the bar (viniculum?) over more than one three or to write several

Question 548649: If the correct answer to a problem is 2.333333... indicating that the 3 is repeating, is it unacceptable to write the bar (viniculum?) over more than one three or to write several 3/s then put the bar over the last one?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In my opinion, you can write it as

or as

, but the first way is probably more accepted because it's much simpler and more standard.
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