What is #5.8 -: 1.2#?

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Richard
Mar 14, 2018

#29/6 ~~ 4.83333#

Explanation:

I multiplied the two numbers by 10 to make it easier to do long division. You still end up getting the same result. I stopped after 5 decimals because it was obvious that the 3 kept repeating infinitely.
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