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Question 961651
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Make the following decimal 0.5555... into fraction Thanks :)
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Answer by
josgarithmetic(39623)
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Fit this to geometric series.
Perform the long division and you will find
.
You could then see that
.
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You can check this through long multiplication again if you want to be sure.
5 divided by 9 will give 0.555555.....
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Make the following decimal 0.5555... into fraction
1/0.5555≈1.8001...
1/1.8001≈0.5555
try 10/18=0.5555...