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Why do we multiply by a power of 10 when writing a repeating decimal as a rational number

Why do we multiply by a power of 10 when writing a repeating decimal as a rational number
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Why do we multiply by a power of 10 when writing a repeating decimal as a rational number

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We do that because we could just move the decimal place to the right
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