To convert the fraction 6/7 into a decimal, we need to perform the division of 6 by 7.
When you divide 6 by 7, you start with 0.857142857142… This decimal does not terminate; instead, it keeps repeating the sequence 857142.
We can denote this repeating decimal using a bar over the repeating part. Therefore, we write:
6/7 = 0.857142
This notation clearly indicates that the digits 857142 are the repeating part of the decimal.