anon1 wrote:
Curly brackets {} around the last digits of a decimal fraction signify that these digits recur an infinite number of times. For example 0.1{5} is a shorthand for 0.1555555… Similarly, 0.{15} is a shorthand for 0.15151515….
10/99 is which of the following?
0.{11}
0.{101}
0.{10}
0.{09}
0.{01}
So the answer to this is obvious (to anyone that can do long division), unfortunately I haven't done this type of LD since HS and I need a refresher.
The answer is C but I'm failing to understand why there is only 1 zero between the 1s. In the long division process we subtract 99 from 100, leaving 1. Therefore we have to add 2 zeroes to get back to 100 where we can multiply 99 into 1 again to get 100-99... but this obviously is not the case and I'm struggling to understand why.
Can anyone help me out? I've attached a picture of my work...
Thank you so much guys
The problem in your division is, that you forgot that you had added decimal already and what is its effect.
Try dividing this first: 100000/99
And then come back and try dividing 10.0000/99
Compare these 2 calculations (specially the second one to your calculation)
Hopefully you'll see the underlying concept and results
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