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What is 0.88888888 as a fraction

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Answer:

If you are trying to do repeating, 88888888/99999999 or 8/9

If you are not trying to do repeating: 88888888/100000000

Explanation:

When Doing repeating decimals, you have to do number of nines by the number of digits in the denominator.

When doing non repeating, it has to be over a power of ten. To determine the power, it has to be the number of digits

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