Elenor and Harold are discussing how to write the repeating decimal x = 0.137 as a fraction. . - 13764 99900 13767 Harol
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Elenor and Harold are discussing how to write the repeating decimal x = 0.137 as a fraction. . - 13764 99900 13767 Harol
Elenor and Harold are discussing how to write the repeating decimal x = 0.137 as a fraction. . - 13764 99900 13767 Harold says that 0.0137 equals "I calculated 10000 137.777 because the decimal 99900 begins repeating after 3 digits. Then I subtracted to get 999x = 137.64. Then I multiplied by 100 to get rid of the decimal: 99900x = 13764. And finally I divided to get <= Elenor says that 0.137 equals 100. "I calculated 10x = 1.377 because one digit repeats. Then! subtracted to get 93 1.24. Then I did what Harold did to get 900x = 124 and x = Who is correct? . 124 the Elenor O Harold Elenor and Harold Neither Elenor nor Harold
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