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Thread #152040 Message #3554935
Posted By: TheSnail
01-Sep-13 - 04:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Who else plays little # games?
Subject: RE: BS: Who else plays little # games?
With you now Airymouse. I hadn't realised you were dealing with the six digits in isolation. If you were still looking at the recurring decimal, the 1 you add to the 6 in 1 14285 6 would be the carry from the next set of recurring digits
1.142856 +
0.000001142856 +
0.000000000001142856
...
= 1.142857142857142857...