Answer:
1
Explanation:
5/9 = 0.5555555
The smallest sequence of repeating digits in the decimal equivalent of 5/9
0.5
0.5 + 0.05
0.5 + 0.05 + 0.005
0.5 + 0.05 + 0.005 + 0.0005
Hence, the number of digit in the smallest sequence of repeating decimal is 1
5/9 = 0.5....