How do you convert 0.8 (8 repeating) to a fraction?

How do you convert 0.8 (8 repeating) to a fraction?

As a fraction 0.8 (8 repeating) is 89.

Calculating Fractions

Finite decimal values can be converted to fractions much more easily than repeating decimals. To calculate the value of a repeating decimal we need to setup equivalent algebraic equations where our variable represents the value of the fraction, subtract the equations from each other to eliminate the repeating decimal value, and then solve for x.

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