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Can someone make sure I'm not going mad, I'm doing very simple long division: $271÷15$.

I work it out as $18.06\bar 3$ but a calculator returns $18.0\bar 6$?

What's going on here? Do I have a mental block or something?

AryanSonwatikar
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Aaron Wilden
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    Both are wrong. It will be $18.0\overline{6}$. – JMoravitz May 06 '20 at 14:10
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    Well, it may be a classic case of the silly mistake called "calculation error". To pinpoint it, it would be helpful if you posted photo of your long division. P.S. pardon the unfunny sarcasm. – AryanSonwatikar May 06 '20 at 14:10
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    Probably an error in your long division, and an error in what you plugged into, or read from, the calculator, or typed into your question. – amWhy May 06 '20 at 14:11
  • @JMoravitz OP may have missed a zero. Probably the silly mistake called "typing error". – AryanSonwatikar May 06 '20 at 14:11
  • Sorry, I did mean 18.0666r on calculator, not sure I know how to post a pic tho lol – Aaron Wilden May 06 '20 at 14:14
  • $\dfrac{271}{15} = 18+\dfrac{1}{15},$ and $,\dfrac{1}{15}= \dfrac{1}{10}\dfrac{10}{15} = \dfrac{1}{10}\dfrac{2}{3}= 10^{-1}\ 0.\overline{6} = 0.0\overline{6}\ \ $ – Bill Dubuque May 06 '20 at 16:01

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@Aaron Wilden see the image I have attached below.

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