Repeating decimal
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title:
Repeating decimal
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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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Decimal representation of a number whose digits are periodic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal
date created:
2004-02-06T19:24:23Z
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2024-08-28T20:03:03Z
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