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How do you write 1.21 repeating as a fraction

User Kunerd
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5 votes

Answer:

Explanation:

First, we can write:

x

=

1

.

¯¯¯¯

21

Next, we can multiply each side by

100

giving:

100

x

=

121

.

¯¯¯¯

21

Then we can subtract each side of the first equation from each side of the second equation giving:

100

x

x

=

121

.

¯¯¯¯

21

1

.

¯¯¯¯

21

We can now solve for

x

as follows:

100

x

1

x

=

(

121

+

0

.

¯¯¯¯

21

)

(

1

+

0

.

¯¯¯¯

21

)

(

100

1

)

x

=

121

+

0

.

¯¯¯¯

21

1

0

.

¯¯¯¯

21

99

x

=

(

121

1

)

+

(

0

.

¯¯¯¯

21

0

.

¯¯¯¯

21

)

99

x

=

120

+

0

99

x

=

120

99

x

99

=

120

99

99

x

99

=

3

×

40

3

×

33

x

=

3

×

40

3

×

33

x

=

40

33

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