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Re:0.30000000000000004 by thedufer on Friday November 13, 2015 @12:46PM (#10561154)
Yes, but in order to have a non-repeating decimal expansion, the denominator must share _all_ of its factors with the base. That is, only fractions that, when reduced, have a denominator of the form 2^n*5^m (for natural numbers n, m) will terminate in base 10. The explanation given could probably be clearer.
Re:0.30000000000000004 by jayceekay on Saturday November 14, 2015 @07:06PM (#10567864)
ah yes, the _all_ is what i missed. thanks.