SOLUTION: How do you write a repeating decimal as a fraction?

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Question 16530: How do you write a repeating decimal as a fraction?
Answer by elima(1433) About Me  (Show Source):
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If all the digits are repeating from the beginning, you would place those in the numerator and 9's in the denominator.
You place as many nines as you have digits repeating;
ex.
0.18 and the 18 is repeating;
18%2F99; then reduce
Ex.
.405 and the 405 is repeating;
405%2F999; then reduce
Hope you understand
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