How do u rewrite 0.72 repeating as a simplified fraction?

8/11 is the answer

I use this trick: When tryig to find repeating numbers divide by 11 or 9

When dividing by 9 the numerator will be the first number in the decimal

When dividing by 11 the numerator will be one more than the first number in the decimal

Answerthe simplified expression isexplanationthe given expression is,let us deal with the bracket first.the two negatives in the parenthesis will become positive.the expression now becomes,we now expand the parenthesis to get,we group like terms to obtain,this simplifies to,