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A decimal in which a digit is repeated continuously is called a Recurring decimal. Recurring decimals are written in a shortened form, the digits which are repeated being marked by dots placed over the first and the last of them, thus




The digit, or set of digits, which is repeated is called the period of the decimal. In the decimal equivalent to 8/3, the period is 6. In 21/22 it is 54.
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