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Rationalizing Decimals (Posted on 2007-09-26) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Consider the rational number which in decimal form is .12345345345345...
It begins with two non-repeating digits followed by a block of 3 digits which repeats.

For the generalized repeating decimal .[a][b][b][b][b]...
Where [a] has n digits and [b] has m digits.

Find a general way to transform it into a rational number of the form p/r.

See The Solution Submitted by Jer    
Rating: 3.0000 (2 votes)

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Solution Short | Comment 5 of 8 |
Let X=0.[a][b][b][b]... Then X.10^n=[a].[b][b][b]... so X.10^n-[a]=0.[b][b][b]...= [b]/(10^m-1). The answer is X=([a]+[b]/(10^m-1))/10^n.

  Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2007-09-26 13:26:51
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