I can’t seem to see how to show a repeating decimal as a fraction in a cloud notebook:
Example:
0.183…
Sorry if this is obvious, can’t seem to see it.
I can’t seem to see how to show a repeating decimal as a fraction in a cloud notebook:
Example:
0.183…
Sorry if this is obvious, can’t seem to see it.
Hi Christopher,
To construct a Rational from a repeating decimal
FromDigits[{{{1, 8, 3}}, 0}]
(* 61/333 *)
That’s surprising; I was expecting something more along the lines of:
Fraction[0.183…]
Well, you could do something like this, which is the way we would do it manually
fraction[f_, n_] := Round[f*10^n]/(10^n - 1)
fraction[0.183, 3]
(* 61/333 *)
fraction[0.183, 4]
(* 610/3333 *)
fraction[0.142857, 6]
(* 1/7 *)
Thanks for the help, I think I like the function better; it matches the solution in my text book.