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does 1/27 repeat?

 Jan 19, 2017
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Yep...any fraction in the form 1/n  will repeat unless n can be factored solely in terms of 2 or 5  [or both ]

 

BTW....the maximum length of any such repeat  will be  n - 1  digits   

 

 

 

cool cool cool

 Jan 19, 2017
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I did not know that !      Cool.

ElectricPavlov  Jan 20, 2017

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