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Answer: 33%

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Step-by-step explanation:

1/3 converts to the decimal form 0.333333... where the 3's go on forever

5/3 is a similar story but 5/3 = 1.666666.... where the '6's go on forever

The notation
0.\overline{6} indicates that the 6's go on forever.

So,
0.\overline{6} = 0.666666\ldots

The horizontal bar tells us which digits repeat. As another example,
0.\overline{123} = 0.123123123123\ldots

The three dots just mean "keep this pattern going forever".

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Everything mentioned so far has the decimal portions go on forever repeating some pattern over and over.

The only one that doesn't do this is 33% which converts to the decimal form 0.33

The value 0.33 is considered a terminating decimal since "terminate" means "stop". So this is the value that doesn't fit in with the other three items mentioned.

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