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Monday, December 9, 2013

SP 6: Unit K Concept 10: Writing a Repeating Decimal as a Rational Number Using Geometric Series



     The viewer needs to pay attention to finding the ratio by dividing the second term by the first. Additionally, when dividing the numerator by a fraction, multiply the top and bottom by its reciprocal. It is crucial to remember the whole number 2 at the beginning of the problem. Add it to the solution by multiplying top and bottom by 99 to get the same denominator and then add the two.