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Lesson 1: Davriy oʻnli kasrlar- Converting a fraction to a repeating decimal
- Writing fractions as repeating decimals
- Converting repeating decimals to fractions (part 1 of 2)
- Converting repeating decimals to fractions
- Converting repeating decimals to fractions (part 2 of 2)
- Converting multi-digit repeating decimals to fractions
- Writing repeating decimals as fractions review
- Writing fractions as repeating decimals review
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Converting repeating decimals to fractions (part 1 of 2)
Learn how to convert the repeating decimals 0.77777... and 1.22222... to fractions. Salmon tomonidan yaratilgan.
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In this video, I want
to talk about how we can convert repeating
decimals into fractions. So let's give ourselves
a repeating decimal. So let's say I had the
repeating decimal 0.7. And sometimes it'll
be written like that, which just means that
the 7 keeps on repeating. So this is the same
thing as 0.7777 and I could just keep going
on and on and on forever with those 7s. So the trick to converting
these things into fractions is to essentially set
this equal to a variable. And we'll just show
it, do it step-by-step. So let me set this
equal to a variable. Let me call this x. So x is equal to
0.7, and then the 7 repeats on and on forever. Now what would 10x be? Well, let's think about this. 10x. 10x would just be 10 times this. And we could even think
of it right over here. It would be, if we
multiplied this times 10, you'd be moving the decimal
1 over to the right, it would be 7.777, on and
on and on and on forever. Or you could say it
is 7.7 repeating. Now this is the trick here. So let me make these
equal to each other. So we know what x is. x is this,
just 0.777 repeating forever. 10x is this. And this is another
repeating thing. Now the way that we can get
rid of the repeating decimals is if we subtract x from 10x. Right? Because x has all these 0.7777. If you subtract
that from 7.77777, then you're just going
to be left with 7. So let's do that. So let me rewrite it here just
so it's a little bit neater. 10x is equal to 7.7
repeating, which is equal to 7.777
on and on forever. And we established
earlier that x is equal to 0.7 repeating,
which is equal to 0.777 on and on and on forever. Now what happens if you
subtract x from 10x? So we're going to subtract
the yellow from the green. Well, 10 of something
minus 1 of something is just going to be
9 of that something. And then that's
going to be equal to, what's 7.7777
repeating minus 0.77777 going on and on
forever repeating? Well it's just going to be 7. These parts are
going to cancel out. You're just left with 7. Or you could say these
two parts cancel out. You're just left with 7. And so you get 9x is equal to 7. To solve for x, you just
divide both sides by 9. Let's divide both sides by nine. I could do all three sides,
although these are really saying the same thing. And you get x is equal to 7/9. Let's do another one. I'll leave this one here
so you can refer to it. So let's say I have the
number 1.2 repeating. So this is the same thing
as 1.2222 on and on and on. Whatever the bar is
on top of, that's the part that repeats
on and on forever. So just like we did over here,
let's set this equal to x. And then let's say 10x. Let's multiply this by 10. So 10x is equal to, it
would be 12.2 repeating, which is the same thing as
12.222 on and on and on and on. And then we can
subtract x from 10x. And you don't have
to rewrite it, but I'll rewrite it here just
so we don't get confused. So we have x is equal
to 1.2 repeating. And so if we subtract x
from 10x, what do we get? On the left-hand side,
we get 10x minus x is 9x. And this is going to be
equal to, well, the 2 repeating parts cancel out. This cancels with that. If 2 repeating
minus 2 repeating, that's just a bunch of 0. So it's 12 minus 1 is 11. And you have 9x is equal to 11. Divide both sides by 9. You get x is equal to 11/9.