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#1 2008-03-27 14:27:16
- John E. Franklin
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\sqrt{5.44444444}=2.3333333 why?
#1) Why is:
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How do you put lines over numbers in LaTeX to mean a repeating decimal portion?
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#2 2008-03-27 15:31:33
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Re: \sqrt{5.44444444}=2.3333333 why?
I dont understand your first question. What do you mean why?
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#3 2008-03-27 15:43:23
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Re: \sqrt{5.44444444}=2.3333333 why?
Thanks for that! I just wasn't thinking fractions at the time, just decimals when I found it on my calculator.
1/9 = .1111 so 4/9 = .44444
(5)(9) + 4.44444 and 40/9 is 4.44444
Sweet.
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#4 2008-03-27 17:24:44
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Re: \sqrt{5.44444444}=2.3333333 why?
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"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#5 2008-03-28 08:41:24
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Re: \sqrt{5.44444444}=2.3333333 why?
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