Dwayne is trying to find the fraction represented by the repeating decimal 0.5. He completes the three steps shown: 1) Let x=0.5
2) 10x=5.5
3)
10 x = 5.5
-X = 0.5
9 = 5
What is the purpose of Step 3?

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