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[Tlhingan-hol] Decimals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Fri Mar 7 18:05:47 2014
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 23:02:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
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Alex Greene <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
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When reciting the decimal portion of a number, it is customary to just reci=
te the digits in sequence, isn't it?=0A=0ASay, you've got a readout of 401.=
6335 kellikams and you have to read off the number, you'd say loS pagh wa' =
vI' jav wej wej vagh qelI'qammeyor maybe loSvatlh wa' vI' =0Ajav wej wej va=
gh qelI'qammey. I'm happy with either.=0A=0ABut what about a recurring deci=
mal? Er, one-third: 0.333 ... recurring? pagh vI' wej qaSqa'taHbogh? 1/7, 0=
.142857 ... pagh vI' wa' loS cha' chorgh vagh Soch =0AqaSqa'taHbogh?
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ga=
ramond, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>When reciting the=
decimal portion of a number, it is customary to just recite the digits in =
sequence, isn't it?</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-siz=
e: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: tran=
sparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style=3D"color: r=
gb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; b=
ackground-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Say, you've got a =
readout of 401.6335 kellikams and you have to read off the number, you'd sa=
y <span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">loS pagh wa' vI' jav wej wej vagh qelI=
'qammey</span><span> or maybe <span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">loSvatlh w=
a' vI' </span></span></span><span><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;"> jav w=
ej wej vagh qelI'qammey</span><span>. I'm happy with
either.</span></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 2=
4px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transpar=
ent; font-style: normal;"><br><span><span></span></span></div><div style=3D=
"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times=
,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span>But=
what about a recurring decimal? Er, one-third: 0.333 ... recurring? <span =
style=3D"font-weight: bold;">pagh vI' wej qaSqa'taHbogh</span>? 1/7, 0.1428=
57 ... <span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">pagh vI' wa' loS cha' chorgh vagh=
Soch </span></span></span><br><span><span><span style=3D"font-weight: bold=
;">qaSqa'taHbogh</span><span>?</span></span></span></div></div></body></htm=
l>
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