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I'm trying to find the logical steps to find the "rational number equivalent " to 3.25 (repeating decimal)

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The number n = 3.252525...

The repeating part (25) contains two digitis then we have multiply n by 10^2


\begin{gathered} n=3.252525\ldots. \\ n\cdot10^2=325.252525\ldots \\ \end{gathered}

Now we substract:


\begin{gathered} n\cdot10^2=325.252525\ldots \\ - \\ n=3.2525252525\ldots \\ _(---------------------) \\ 99n=322 \\ n=(322)/(99) \end{gathered}
n\text{ =}3.252525\ldots=(322)/(99)