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What are the repeating digits in the smallest group of repeating digits in the decimal equivalent of 2811?

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Answer:

54

Explanation:

We can divide 28 by 11 to get...

11 ÷ 28 = 2.545454

22

60

55

50

44

60

55

50

44

60

55

50

44

60

The division quotient reveals that the numbers 5 and 4 repeat themselves frequently. It is a situation of a repeating decimal that does not end.

This means that in the decimal equivalent of
(28)/(11), the smallest group of repeating digits is composed of 54 repeating digits.

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