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About Quotient

Have you ever wondered what happens to the quotient of a division equation that goes off the screen of your calculator, such as 1/7? How long is it? Does it repeat?

It does indeed repeat. It's what is known as a repeating decimal—a portion of the decimal repeats itself infinitely—as in, 1/7 equals 0.142857142857142857…… In this case, "142857" is the repetend, the smallest repeating chunk.

This program writes the quotient (result) of any division equation—to a user-specified level of decimal precision (which can extend into the hundreds of thousands and beyond)—into a text field, from which it can be copied to the Clipboard. There's even an option to export the whole calculation to a text file. A repetend (repeating decimal) detector completes the program's functionality.