document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1000597>Question 1000597</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the following using a bar to indicate the repetend and give the period of each repetend.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. 0.9999<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.  0.567323232<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.  0.1827482748274 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #618068 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=618068\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> as best i can determine, the repetend is the part of the faction that repeats endlessly and the period is the length of the repetend.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it was not easy to find a simple definition on the web, but i think i succeeded after several efforts where they talked a lot about what the repetend was but not very much about what the period was.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "assuming my search was successful, you get the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 0.9999\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the repetend is 9 and the period is 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.  0.567323232\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the repetend is 32 and the period is 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.  0.1827482748274\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the repetend is 8274 and the period is 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i believe you would write them as follows using the bar notation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 0.9999 = .9\r\n" );
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document.write( "b.  0.567323232 = .56732\r\n" );
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document.write( "c.  0.1827482748274 - .18274\r\n" );
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