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blsea [12.9K]
2 years ago
7

How would you write 0.5 Repeating as a fraction

Mathematics
2 answers:
amm18122 years ago
8 0

Answer:

59

Step-by-step explanation:

Since this fraction repeats the same number it must have a denominator of 9 and a numerator of the repeating digit the repeating digit is 5 so the fraction is 59

PilotLPTM [1.2K]2 years ago
6 0

Let <em>x</em> = 0.555…

Then 10<em>x</em> = 5.555…

Subtract one from the other to get

10<em>x</em> - <em>x</em> = 5.555… - 0.555…

Notice how the fractional parts on the right cancel. This leaves you with

9<em>x</em> = 5

and so

<em>x</em> = 5/9

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