Converting Fractions to decimal

[Jonasmathwork]

Convert [3/9] to decimal form. Please solve this problem i have to answer in my school.

Thanks in advance .................

[adamsmith]

[tex]\frac{3}{9}[/tex] Of decimal form is 0.3333

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[Nelson143]

William started working for a company on 1 January 2003 with an annual salary of 15000 dollar. Every January, the company increases his salary by 6% of he previous year's salary. Calculate his annual salary, to nearest dollar, for the year 2008.



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watson

[leesajohnson]

0.333 is the decimal form for 3/9.

[Guest]

No, 3/9= 1/3 is NOT "0.333". 0.333= 333/1000 which is close to 1/3 but not equal to it. The decimal form of 1/3 can be written as [tex]0.333...[/tex] or [tex]0.33\overline{3}[/tex]. The "..." and the overline ([tex]\overline{3}[/tex] indicate that the "3" repeats without stopping.

[Guest]

William started working for a company on 1 January 2003 with an annual salary of 15000 dollar. Every January, the company increases his salary by 6% of he previous year's salary. Calculate his annual salary, to nearest dollar, for the year 2008.



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watson

What does this have to do with "converting fractions to decimals"? Please do not "hijack" another person's thread to ask an unrelated question. Start your own thread.
In 2003 his salary was \$15000. In 2004, it was increased by 6% 0f that, 0.06(15000), so was (1.06)(15000). In 2005 it was increased by 6% of that so was [tex](1.06)[(1.06)(15000)= (1.06)^2(15000)[/tex], etc. In 2008, which is 2008- 2003= 5 years later, it will have been "increased by 6%" 5 times so will be [tex](1.06)^5(15000)[/tex] dollars.

[HallsofIvy]

0.333 is the decimal form for 3/9.

That's not exactly true. 3/9 is 1/3. 0.333 is 333/1000 which is slightly less than 1/3.

To get exactly 1/3 you need to indicate that the decimal continues infinitely. You might indicate that by 0.333..., where the ... indicates the repetition, or by [tex]0.33\overline{3}[/tex], where the overline indicates the repeating digit.