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Here are the placeholders for a long division, solvable, even with none of the digits filled in. The quotient has been placed to the side. It has a decimal point, not shown, and its last nine digits are repeating. Meaning, of course, the last row of X's replicates a previous row.

Can you piece together the dividend?


             --------------         _________________
x x x x x x 
/ x x x x x x x ( x x x x x x x x x x x x
              x x x x x x
              -----------
              x x x x x x x
                x x x x x x
                -----------
                x x x x x x x
                x x x x x x x
                -------------
                  x x x x x x x
                    x x x x x x
                  -------------
                    x x x x x x x
                    x x x x x x x
                    -------------
                      x x x x x x x
                      x x x x x x x
                      -------------
                        x x x x x x x
                        x x x x x x x
                        -------------
                          x x x x x x x
                          x x x x x x x
                          -------------
                                    x x x x x x
                                    x x x x x x
                                    -----------
                                    x x x x x x

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  On 3/20/2018 at 5:03 AM, aiemdao said:

I dont really understand the question, why there are seven red x, what is symbol ( in the middle of dividend.

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It's an alternative representation to put the quotient to the right side.
Here is the more familiar placement. The green (overlined) digits repeat forever.

                              _________________
                        x x x x x x x x x x x x
             --------------        
x x x x x x / x x x x x x x
              x x x x x x
              -----------
              x x x x x x x
                x x x x x x
                -----------
                x x x x x x x
                x x x x x x x
                -------------
                  x x x x x x x
                    x x x x x x
                  -------------
                    x x x x x x x
                    x x x x x x x
                    -------------
                      x x x x x x x
                      x x x x x x x
                      -------------
                        x x x x x x x
                        x x x x x x x
                        -------------
                          x x x x x x x
                          x x x x x x x
                          -------------
                                    x x x x x x
                                    x x x x x x
                                    -----------

                                    x x x x x x

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  On 3/20/2018 at 5:10 PM, bonanova said:

It's an alternative representation to put the quotient to the right side.
Here is the more familiar placement. The green (overlined) digits repeat forever.

                              _________________
                        x x x x x x x x x x x x
             --------------        
x x x x x x / x x x x x x x
              x x x x x x
              -----------
              x x x x x x x
                x x x x x x
                -----------
                x x x x x x x
                x x x x x x x
                -------------
                  x x x x x x x
                    x x x x x x
                  -------------
                    x x x x x x x
                    x x x x x x x
                    -------------
                      x x x x x x x
                      x x x x x x x
                      -------------
                        x x x x x x x
                        x x x x x x x
                        -------------
                          x x x x x x x
                          x x x x x x x
                          -------------
                                    x x x x x x
                                    x x x x x x
                                    -----------

                                    x x x x x x

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??? there are 3 digits before green digits , but there are 4 subtraction different from all after

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  On 3/21/2018 at 5:18 AM, aiemdao said:

??? there are 3 digits before green digits , but there are 4 subtraction different from all after

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