How do you convert 1/3 into a decimal and percent?
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Explanation:
If you apply long division you soon observe a repeating pattern. You would have demonstrated that this pattern goes on forever. The number is:
The mathematical way to show the repeating process is to put a bar over the last 3 that you write. So you would get:
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The first decimal place is
The second decimal place is
As percentage is really