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In order to convert a rational number represented as a fraction into decimal form, one may use long division. For example, consider the rational number 5 / 74 : 0.0 675 74 ) 5.00000 4.44 560 518 420 370 500 etc. Observe that at each step we have a remainder; the successive remainders displayed above are 56, 42, 50.
Give the answer as a fraction representing a rational number, so the result of the division of 26 by 11 is (or as a mixed number, so =. ) Usually the resulting fraction should be simplified: the result of the division of 52 by 22 is also 26 11 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {26}{11}}} .