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1.63 repeating as an impropper fraction
(63) is the repeating part

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You have 1.63636363636...

0.63636363636... is the repeating part. The first term of 0.63636363636... is 0.63, and the common ratio is 1/100.

a

Thus, the sum of the terms of this series is ----------

1 - r

which in this problem comes to:

0.63 63/100

------------------ = ---------------- = 63/99 = 7/11

1 - 1/100 99/100

And so, 1.63333333 ... = 1 + 7/11 or 18/11

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