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Twelve Period Tease (Posted on 2012-11-30)

Find the smallest base ten positive integer with period 12.

Note: The period of an integer is the length of the repeating pattern of reciprocal. For example, repeating pattern of the reciprocal of 7 is 1/7 = 0.142857142857..... having a length of 6. So the period of 7 is 6.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required base ten positive integer is 707.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): This may be right (Why it isn't.)	Charlie	2012-12-01 10:54:54
re: This may be right (Why it isn't.)	Jer	2012-12-01 00:35:54
computer solution	Charlie	2012-11-30 12:22:52
possible solution	broll	2012-11-30 11:33:19
This may be right	Jer	2012-11-30 11:11:06

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