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

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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) About Me  (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.