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  • Apr 27, 2009, 05:52 AM
    ojugo
    Numbers approximation
    What is the approximate of 3.4545454
  • Apr 27, 2009, 06:01 AM
    ebaines

    3 and 5/11 is 3.45454545...
  • Apr 27, 2009, 06:31 AM
    Capuchin

    Just to add a bit more theory, repeating decimals can be replicated by taking the replicating part and dividing by the number of 9's in the length of the repeating section.

    For example:
    0.4444... = 4/9
    0.373737... = 37/99
    0.123123123... = 123/999

    So for your example, the fraction is 3 + 45/99, which ebaines then simplified.

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