Hello All,
I need some clarification on the answers to questions involving the equality of repeating decimals. Question 1 in the Math Diagnostic Test in the 5 Lb. book (2013 edition) asks whether 0.01410 (repeating bar over digits right of decimal) or 0.0141 (same repeating bar) is larger. The answer given by the book is that they are equal, which makes perfect sense.
However, this directly contradicts the answer given in the ETS .pdf practice test that is available on the website: https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_ ... l_test.pdf
On page 75 in section 5, question 2, we see the same thing, but the numbers are 0.717 and 0.71 (each repeating). Again, you would thing these would be equal, but here the answer is that 0.717 is larger.
It seems like the way to go would be to follow ETS's answer, but the contradiction between ETS and Manhattan GRE has me unsure of which answer would actually be correct on the exam. Perhaps it's a mistake on ETS's part, as the Manhattan answer is more locial?
Insight is appreciated!
Thanks