Question

express each of the following rational number as a non- terminatary reccuring decimal (a) 7/3 (b) -5/7​

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Real Numbers and their Decimal Expansion

If 0.2 41 is expressed as a...

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If 0.241 is expressed as a rational number in reduced form, then the sum of the values of the numerator and denominator is

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Let x be 0.24141...

=>10x=2.4141...(i)

=>10x×100=241.4141..

=>1000x=239+2.4141

=>1000x=239+10x (from  i)

=>1000x−10x=239

=>x=990239

Therefore, the sum of the numerator and denominator is

239+990=1229