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How would you convert the repeating nondeterminating decimal into a fraction? 0.151515...
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Answered by
Bosnian
0.15151515... =
15 / 100 + 15 / 10000 + 15 / 1000000 + 15 / 100000000 + ... =
15 / 100 + 15 / 100 ^ 2 + 15 / 100 ^ 3 + 15 / 100 ^ 4 + ...
This is the geometric series :
a + a r + a r ^ 2 + a r ^ 3 + a r ^ 4 + ...
with a = 15 / 100 and r = 1 / 100
As n goes to infinity the sum of the geometric series are :
S = a / ( 1 - r )
In this case :
a = 15 / 100 , r = 1 / 100 so :
S = a / ( 1 - r )
S = ( 15 / 100 ) / ( 1 - 1 / 100 ) =
( 15 /100 ) / ( 100 / 100 - 1 / 100 ) =
( 15 / 100 ) / ( 99 / 100 ) =
15 * 100 / ( 99 * 100 ) = 15 / 99
0.15151515... = 15 / 99
15 / 100 + 15 / 10000 + 15 / 1000000 + 15 / 100000000 + ... =
15 / 100 + 15 / 100 ^ 2 + 15 / 100 ^ 3 + 15 / 100 ^ 4 + ...
This is the geometric series :
a + a r + a r ^ 2 + a r ^ 3 + a r ^ 4 + ...
with a = 15 / 100 and r = 1 / 100
As n goes to infinity the sum of the geometric series are :
S = a / ( 1 - r )
In this case :
a = 15 / 100 , r = 1 / 100 so :
S = a / ( 1 - r )
S = ( 15 / 100 ) / ( 1 - 1 / 100 ) =
( 15 /100 ) / ( 100 / 100 - 1 / 100 ) =
( 15 / 100 ) / ( 99 / 100 ) =
15 * 100 / ( 99 * 100 ) = 15 / 99
0.15151515... = 15 / 99
Answered by
Bosnian
0.15151515... = 15 / 99 = 3 * 5 / ( 3 * 33 ) = 5 / 33
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