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Convert the decimal expansion 0.2777... to a fraction

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To write .2777 as a fraction you have to write .2777 as numerator and put 1 as the denominator. Now you multiply numerator and denominator by 10 as long as you get in numerator the whole number.
.2777 = .2777/1 = 2.777/10 = 27.77/100 = 277.7/1000 = 2777/10000

And finally we have:
.2777 as a fraction equals 2777/10000
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