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number theory senior

Problem

What is the minimum number of digits to the right of the decimal point needed to express the fraction as a decimal?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We can rewrite the fraction as . Since the last digit of the numerator is odd, a is added to the right if the numerator is divided by , and this will continuously happen because , itself, is odd. Indeed, this happens twenty-two times since we divide by twenty-two times, so we will need more digits. Hence, the answer is
Final answer
C