Repeating decimal

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title: Repeating decimal
text: A repeating decimal or recurring decimal is a decimal representation of a number whose digits are eventually periodic; if this sequence consists only of zeros, the decimal is said to be terminating, and is not considered as repeating. It can be shown that a number is rational if and only if its decimal representation is repeating or terminating. For example, the decimal representation of ⁠1/3⁠ becomes periodic just after the decimal point, repeating the single digit "3" forever, i.e. 0.333.... A
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description: Decimal representation of a number whose digits are periodic
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date created: 2004-02-06T19:24:23Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T20:03:03Z
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