Question

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

Answer 1

since the denominator is 17 which is not multiple of 2 and 5 only, the decimal expansion will have infinite number of digits, however, the digits will repeat after a particular interval as it is a rational number.

On actual division

1/17 = 0.05882352941176470588235........

thus

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1/17 = 0.0588235294117647