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A manufacturer determines that the cost of making a computer component is ​$4.171717 Write the repeating decimal cost as a fraction and as a mixed number.

A manufacturer determines that the cost of making a computer component is 4171717 Write the repeating decimal cost as a fraction and as a mixed number class=

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Let 14.17 be x

14.171717 = x

Multiplying both sides by 100

1417.17 = 100x

1403 + 14.17 = 100x

Since 14.17 = x, replacing it with x

1403 + x = 100x

1403 = 100x - x = 99x

1403 / 99 = x

x = 467 2/3 ( a mixed fraction) OR 1403 / 99
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