document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=171842>Question 171842</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you write 0.8...repeating as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #126934 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=126934\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=0.8888... \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=0.8888 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=0.8888\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10x=8.8888 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10x=8.8888\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 10. The goal is to move the decimal point to the next repeating portion (which is just one spot to the right)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now subtract the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=0.8888 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=0.8888\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10x=8.8888 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10x=8.8888\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10x-x=8.8888-0.8888 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10x-x=8.8888-0.8888\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9x=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9x=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms. Notice how the decimal portions cancel out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=8%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=8%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by 9 to isolate x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=8%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=8%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F9=0.8888 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F9=0.8888\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (where the 8's repeat) </SPAN>\n" );
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