Mathematics: Yvonne bought a watermelon that wieghed 7 1/3 pounds. write 7 1/3 as a decimal. is the decimal equivalent a terminating or repeating decimal

Yvonne bought a watermelon that wieghed 7 1/3 pounds.

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01.01.2022

For this case we have the following mixed number:

$7 \frac {1} {3}$

Rewriting as a fraction we have to:

$\frac {3 * 7 + 1} {3} = \frac {21 + 1} {3} = \frac {22} {3}$

In decimal form we have:

$\frac {22} {3} = 7.333333333333$

7.333333333333

It is a decimal of repetition.

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