Express 8/11 as a repeating decimal mark the cycle of repeating digits with a bar

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To express 8/11 as a repeating decimal, you can long divide 8 by 11.

0.
+ 72 CANNOT DIVIDE BY 11
- 66 DIVIDED BY 11 EQUALS 6
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60
- 55 DIVIDED BY 11 EQUALS 5
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50
- 44 DIVIDED BY 11 EQUALS 4
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60
- 55 DIVIDED BY 11 EQUALS 5
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Keep dividing and you will continue to get the same pattern of "6" and "4" after the decimal point.

So, 8/11 as a repeating decimal is 0.72727272...