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1.999 (bar on 9) p/q form |
Answer» CORRECT QUESTIONExpress 1.999 in the form of p/q where q≠0 CORRECT SOLUTIONLet x = 1.9999 ﹍﹍(Ⅰ) Then , 10 x = 19.9999 ﹍﹍(Ⅱ) Substracting EQUATION (Ⅰ) from (Ⅱ) 10x = 19.9999 x = 1.9999 ━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━━━━━ So , 9x = 18 x = 18/9 x = 2 ∴ x = 1.999﹍﹍ = 2 Now , we can represent 2 in p/q form as 2/1 ALSO q≠0 ! |
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