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repeating decimals



In a message dated 7/6/2000 08:20:38 Eastern Daylight Time, androsta writes:
> 
> 1. How does one say "recurring", as in "0.3 recurring = 0.33333333..."?
> 
Use ra'e, as in ex. 3.5, p. 433, in the Red Book:

pi ci mu ra'e pa vo re bi mu ze
.35142857142857... ( or 2.46/7 or 123/350)
[or .35 ra'e 142857]
So, your example of 0.3333333... would be no pi ra'e ci
Steven Lytle