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Express the following rational number as decimal by using long division method17/200 and also mention terminating or non terminating decimals.​dont spam

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Answer:

17/200 =0.085

It has teminating decimal EXPANSION

Step-by-step explanation:

____0.085

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200| 1700

........| 1600

........|...........

........|__1000

........|__1000

........|.............

........|____0

........|..............

........|

Hence, \frac{17}{200} has terminating decimal expansion.

Also any rational NUMBER of the FORM

\frac{p}{2^m*5^n} will have

terminating decimal expansion.

We can write \frac{17}{200} as

\frac{17}{2^3*5^2}

so, it will have terminating decimal expansion



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