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Use geometric series to express `0. 555... =0. overline5` as`\ ` a rational number

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Expansion of `0. 555...`

`=0.5+0.05+0.005+0.0005+...`

`=5[10^(-1)+10^(-2)+10^(-3)+10^(-4)+10^(-5)+10^(-6)+...]`

It is infinite geometric series

`a=10^(-1), r=10^(-1)`

`S=a/(1-r)`

`S=5*0.1/(1-0.1)`

`S=5*0.1/(0.9)`

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