1965 AHSME Problems/Problem 5
Problem
When the repeating decimal is written in simplest fractional form, the sum of the numerator and denominator is:
Solution
We let . Thus,
. We find that
, or
. Since
, the answer is
.
When the repeating decimal is written in simplest fractional form, the sum of the numerator and denominator is:
We let . Thus,
. We find that
, or
. Since
, the answer is
.
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