(1) What is 1.72 repeating expressed as a ratio of two integers? Show your work.

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mrnood · Answer

http://www.basic-mathematics.com/converting-repeating-decimals-to-fractions.html

mrnood · Answer

why doesn't it help? because you won't read it?

It has step by step instructions on EXCACTLY how YOU can solve this problem.

Would you prefer that I solved it and give you  the answer?

anonymous · Answer

Yes please :)

anonymous · Answer

@MrNood

abdullahm · Answer

We do not give answers on OpenStudy.

Also, what part of the decimal is repeating?

anonymous · Answer

.72

abdullahm · Answer

And what steps of http://www.basic-mathematics.com/converting-repeating-decimals-to-fractions.html do you not understand? It is a very basic concept.

abdullahm · Answer

Example 2 on that link will help you better :)

abdullahm · Answer

So which step have you gotten to by following the example? @Bilaal.K

mrnood · Answer

@abdullahm

As I suspected, the OP has no interest in contributing to this solution (my question above was not to suggest I WOULD give the answer - just to find out if that was what he wanted...)

abdullahm · Answer

@MrNood I know that you would not give the answer and that you always engage the asker in his/her own question. So no worries (: