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Change .4 to a fraction

Change .4 to a fraction-example-1

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To transform infinitely repeating decimals into fractions can be tricky but I will show you a trick that turns them into fraction form.

For one digit repeating starting at the 10th digit it is simply


(n)/(9)

for 0.n repeating

In this case it would be 4/9

If the number is

0.nm repeating nm, the fraction would be nm divided by 99 and so on.

However if the number is 0.nm with only m repeating

then it would be (n+m-n)/90

This part is good to know and the trick is similar but for your case you do not need to know this or further extension of the underlined part.

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4/9

Explanation:

because it repeating the denominator would be 9 so 4/9.

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