Express as a fraction in lowest terms: \(0.\overline{1} + 0.\overline{01}\)
1
0.111111111 forever = –––
9
10
0.01010101 forever = –––
99
Find a common denominator 1 11
and add the two together ––– = –––
9 99
11 10 21 7
––– + ––– = ––– which reduces to –––
99 99 99 33
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0.1111111111111 = 1 / 9
0.0101010101 = 1 / 99
[1 /9 + 1 /99] = 12 / 99 = 4 / 33
I'm mortified. It's bad enough that I made a mistake, but inexcusable that I gave mistaken advice.
10/99 is 0.10101010 not 0.01010101. What's that ailment where you see things backwards?
Thanks for catching my mistake.
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+2539 Hi Ron, the word you are looking for is Dyslexia.
Here’s a very funny comment from Nauseated...
And a related troll post thread.
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