# How do you convert 0.18 (18 repeating) to a fraction?

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Nov 14, 2017

$0.18181818 \ldots = \frac{2}{11}$

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Let's begin by setting $x$ equal to our repeating fraction

$x = 0.18181818 \ldots$

The next step is a bit of a trick where we multiply by a power of 10 such that what remains to the right of the decimal is the repeating fraction itself, i.e.

$100 x = 18.1818181818 \ldots = 18 + 0.18181818 \ldots$

which can be re-written

$100 x = 18 + x$

taking $x$ to the left-hand side we get

$99 x = 18$

and finally

$x = \frac{18}{99} = \frac{2}{11}$

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