Does anyone know bar notation?

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anonymous · Answer

means different things depending on the context
sometimes it means "the conjugate" 
sometimes it means "everything that is not in the set"

what context is it in?

anonymous · Answer

The process of writing repeating decimals or repeating pattern of digits by using a bar is called Bar Notation.

anonymous · Answer

i think it's like when you have a fraction an say example: 2/3 = 0.666 you put a bar over it this sighn over it-

anonymous · Answer

Ok thank you

anonymous · Answer

or it could be the average in stats...

anonymous · Answer

x bar, y bar, etc...

calculusxy · Answer

Bar notation means that the number keeps on going on forever. 

For example, 1/3= .33333333 and so on. But if you were to put it as an answer, you would have to put a bar on top of the 3. You have 0.3 and a bar on top of 3.

anonymous · Answer

it really could be lots of different things, couldn't it?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

beer goggles... is that bar notation?

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}=\overline{.3}$$
$$\overline{a+bi}=a-bi$$

anonymous · Answer

how did you get the bar in the editor?

anonymous · Answer

$$\bar{x}$$
like that?

anonymous · Answer

$$\hat{p}$$

ooh, i'm learning!