5. What can the maximum number of digits be in the repeating block of digits in the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{17}$ ? Perform the division to check your answer.

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G Gautam harsolia

We can rewrite $\frac{1}{17}$ as

$\Rightarrow \frac{1}{17} = 0.05882352941176470588235294117647= 0.\overline{0588235294117647}$
Therefore, there are total 16 number of digits be in the repeating block of digits in the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{17}$

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5. What can the maximum number of digits be in the repeating block of digits in the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{17}$ ? Perform the division to check your answer.