A baseball pitcher has pitched #98 2/3# innings. What is the number of innings written as a decimal?

1 Answer
Jan 30, 2018

The number of innings written as a decimal is #98.(6)#.

Explanation:

If you have a whole number, then that is the number that will go in front of the decimal, which is #98#. Then we have the fraction #2/3#.

In order to convert this to a decimal, we just need to do #2# divided by #3#, which gives us the answer of #0.66666...#

An easy way to write this is just #0.(6)# or #0.bar(6)# and a way to say it is zero point six repeated. So now that we have #98# as our number in front of the decimal and #0.(6)# behind it, we just put them together.

#98 + "0.(6)" = "98.(6)"#

#98 + 0.bar(6) = 98.bar(6)#