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What is -7/9 as a repeating decimal

What is -7/9 as a repeating decimal-example-1
User Manuel G
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Answer:

-0.777777...

Divide -9 by 10. It will be -0.111111... But it's 7/9. So we multiply -0.111... by 7 which is -0.777...

So, the answer is -0.777...

(And don't write the ... It's just representing that it's repeating.)

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