1/3 and 2/3 are represented in decimal form as which of the following?

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1/3 and 2/3 are represented in decimal form as which of the following?

A single third becomes a decimal that never ends; the 3 repeats forever, so 1/3 is 0.333... and 2/3 is 0.666... with the repeating digit. In decimal form, we often represent that as 0.33 with the 3 repeating and 0.66 with the 6 repeating, i.e., the repeating pattern continues indefinitely. The other options show either finite endings or rounded values, which don’t capture the exact infinite repeating nature of these fractions.

A single third becomes a decimal that never ends; the 3 repeats forever, so 1/3 is 0.333... and 2/3 is 0.666... with the repeating digit. In decimal form, we often represent that as 0.33 with the 3 repeating and 0.66 with the 6 repeating, i.e., the repeating pattern continues indefinitely. The other options show either finite endings or rounded values, which don’t capture the exact infinite repeating nature of these fractions.

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