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Exclain why 0.32 with a line above it is greater than 0.32

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"0.32 with a line above it" could refer to two possible numbers, either
0.\overline{32}=0.323232\ldots or
0.3\overline2=0.3222\ldots.

In either case, 0.32 will be the smaller of the two numbers simply because it terminates with two digits after the decimal point, while the others keep going, basically adding a small positive number to 0.32.
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