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Express the following recurring decimal as a rational number: 0.7¯ - Mathematics and Statistics

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Question

Express the following recurring decimal as a rational number:

`0.bar(7)`

Sum
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Solution

`0.bar(7)` = 0.7777 ...

= 0.7 + 0.07 + 0.007 + …

The terms are in G.P.

∴ a = 0.7, r = `0.07/0.7` = 0.1

Since |r| = |0.1| < 1

∴ Sum to infinity exists.

∴ Sum to infinity = `"a"/(1 - "r")`

= `0.7/(1 - 0.1)`

= `0.7/0.9`

= `7/9`

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