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A manufacturer determines that the cost of making a computer component is ​$4.171717. Write the repeating decimal cost as a fraction and as a mixed number.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
As a fraction: 413/99.

Work: Let x = 4.171717...
100x = 417.171717...
Subtract: 99x = 413 → x = 413/99.

As a mixed number: 4 17/99.