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Compute the sum as a common fraction: 1.111111110.111111110.011111110.001111110.000111110.000011110.00000111+   ?

 Feb 10, 2020
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This  is an infinite geometric sum  and can be expressed as

 

1 + (1/9)  +  (1/9) +  (1/90)  + (1/900)  + .........  =

 

(10/9)  +  (1/9)  +  (1/90)  + (1/900)  +  .........

 

The first term is  (10/9)   and the  common ratio  =  (1/10)

 

So......the infinite sum is

 

   (10/9)                  (10/9)

_________  =     ________  =     (10/9)  * (10/9)   =   100 / 81

1  - (1/10)               (9/10)

 

 

cool cool cool

 Feb 10, 2020

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