document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255594>Question 255594</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the repeating decimal .36 is expressed as a rational number a/b with a and b integers in reduced form, then a + b is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) 15 (2) 16 (3) 17 (4) 18 (5) None of the above<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #187805 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=187805\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> repeating decimal is .3636363636363636363636363636...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's a little more than 1 third (.333333333333333)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/3 = .33333333\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/6 = .33333333<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/6 = .5 (too high).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/5 = .4 (too high).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4/12 = .3333333<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/12 = .41666666666 (too high)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4/11 = .363636363636363 (right on) ************************\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 + 11 = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer is selection (1).<BR>\n" );
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