Reciprocal of 23
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Theorem
The decimal expansion of the reciprocal of $23$ is as follows:
- $\dfrac 1 {23} = 0 \cdotp \dot 04347 \, 82608 \, 69565 \, 21739 \, 1 \dot 3$
This sequence is A021027 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008).
Proof
Performing the calculation using long division:
0.043478260869565217391304... ----------------------------- 23)1.00000000000000000000000000 92 184 23 -- --- -- 80 160 170 69 138 161 -- --- --- 110 220 90 92 207 69 --- --- -- 180 130 210 161 115 207 --- --- --- 190 150 30 184 138 23 --- --- -- 60 120 70 46 115 69 -- --- -- 140 50 100 138 46 92 --- -- --- 200 40 ... 184 23
$\blacksquare$