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A fraction in the denary system of powers of ten is called a decimal fraction. It was shown earlier (page 3) that dividing a power of ten by ten decreases the index by one so that . This can be extended to negative powers, so that .
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Perry, O., Perry, J. (1981). Decimal Fractions. In: Mathematics I. Macmillan Technician Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05230-1_3
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