What is 1.21 repeating as a fraction?

Verified Answer :

\(x=1.\overline{21}\\ 100x=121.\overline{21}\\ 100x-x=121.\overline{21}-1.\overline{21}\\ 99x=120\\ x=\dfrac{120}{99}=\dfrac{40}{33}\)

Answer: \(1.\bar{21}=\frac{40}{33}\)

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

\(1.\bar{21}\)

Let x = \(1.\bar{21}\) --------------(1)

Multiplying by 100 on both the sides:

\(100x=121.\bar{21}---------------(2)\)

Subtracting (1) from (2), we get,

\(100x-x=121.\bar{21}-1.\bar{21}\\\\99x=120\\\\x=\frac{120}{99}\\\\x=\frac{40}{33}\)

Hence, \(1.\bar{21}=\frac{40}{33}\)