Question

what can be the maximum number of digits be in the repeating blocks of digit in the decimal expansion of 1/17 ? perform the division to check your answer

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Maximum no. Of digits in the repeating block is 17

Answer 2

Answer:

There are 16 digits

Step-by-step explanation:

• So when we devide
  $\frac{1}{17} = 0.05882352941176470588235294117647$
• We get this result but it does not stop here it still repeats itself after this digit and is like
  $0.0588235294117647058823529411764705882352941176470588235294117647...............................$
• Hence we can say that after 16 digits it starts repeating itself.
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