How do you write 3/7 as a terminating or repeating decimal?

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Alan P.
Apr 10, 2015

There are several formats for indicating a repeating decimal.
(You may want to check the form your instructor likes).

#3/7# expressed as a decimal fraction is a repeating decimal with a fairly long (7 digit) pattern before repeating (you can verify this by long division.

One form of expressing this repeating pattern is
#3/7 = 0.428571[428571...]#

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