Jul 31, 2010

Recurring decimal to fraction

Do you have any idea that there is one very easy solution to convert a decimal number with recurring numbers to a fraction

  • Take a number like 7.5678787878...
  • As we can see, that 78 is repeating.
  • So, take 9 for each repeating digit... 99 for our example.
  • Take 0 for each non repeating number after the decimal point... 2 0's for 56 & append to the 9's considered.
  • 9900 should go to the denominator.
  • In the numerator, subtract the number made out of all the individual numbers which are not repeating from the complete number without the recurrence.
  • (75678-756)/9900 is the solution...

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