Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Basic Operations · hard
Express the repeating decimal 0.858585… as a fraction in lowest terms.
- 17/20
- 17/18
- 85/99
- 85/999
Answer
C. 85/99
Solution
For a 2-digit repeating block, 0.(85) = 85/99.
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