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Express 0.143 as a rational number
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drwls
0.143 is already a rational number since it can be written as the ratio of two integers, 143 and 1000.
Perhaps what you are really looking for is the value of the repeating decimal
0.142857142857142857...which is sometimes written 0.(142857)
That happens to be 1/7, and is also a rational number.
Perhaps what you are really looking for is the value of the repeating decimal
0.142857142857142857...which is sometimes written 0.(142857)
That happens to be 1/7, and is also a rational number.