
Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540
Business Mathematics Brief 12th Edition by Stanley Salzman ,Gary Clendenen, Charles Miller
Edition 12ISBN: 978-0132605540 Exercise 47
Convert this decimals to fractions, and write each in lowest terms. (See Example.)
.805 = _____________
Converting Decimals to Fractions
Convert the following decimals to fractions.
(a)
(b)
(c)
SOLUTION
(a) After removing the decimal point in.3, you can see that the numerator of the fraction is 3. Since there is only one digit to the right of the decimal point, the denominator is 1 followed by one zero, or 10.
(b) The numerator of the fraction is 98. Since there are two digits to the right of the decimal point, the denominator is 1 followed by two zeros, or 100.
(c) Since there are three digits to the right of the decimal point, the denominator is 1 followed by three zeros, or 1000.

.805 = _____________
Converting Decimals to Fractions
Convert the following decimals to fractions.
(a)

(b)

(c)

SOLUTION
(a) After removing the decimal point in.3, you can see that the numerator of the fraction is 3. Since there is only one digit to the right of the decimal point, the denominator is 1 followed by one zero, or 10.

(b) The numerator of the fraction is 98. Since there are two digits to the right of the decimal point, the denominator is 1 followed by two zeros, or 100.

(c) Since there are three digits to the right of the decimal point, the denominator is 1 followed by three zeros, or 1000.

Explanation
After removing the decimal point in.805,...
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