SOLUTION: Help me find the decimal equivalent for 3/11 using the bar notation?

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Question 251646: Help me find the decimal equivalent for 3/11 using the bar notation?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
The key to fractions is understanding what the line means between the top and bottom number of a fraction. It means "divided by".
Therefore it's 3 divided by 11.
This comes out to:
.2727 It's a repeating decimal so put a bar over the 27
RJ
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