Di and Leo both write the decimal 2.55555555.. As a fraction.

Di’s fraction: 2 55/100
Leo’s fraction: 2 55/99

Who is correct and why?

Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
5 months ago

Di is correct because the decimal 2.55555555.. can be expressed as the fraction 2 55/100, which can be simplified to 2 and 11/20. This is the simplest form of the fraction.

Leo's fraction, 2 55/99, is not correct. The decimal 2.55555555.. cannot be accurately represented as a fraction with a denominator of 99. The correct fraction with a denominator of 99 would be 2/9 or 22/9.

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