Question

14587
The decimal expansion of the rational number will be terminate after
250
(a) One decimal place
decimal place
(b) two decimal place
(c) three decimal place (d) four

Answer 1

Answer:

The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after 4 decimal places.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: 14587/1250

Add to both numerator and denominator

Now simplify the above step by simple mathematical calculations

= 116696/10000

=11.6696

Hence here in the given problem the decimal places will terminate after 4 decimal places or decimal fractions.

So from this we can conclude that the rational numbers can be expressed in the form of decimal fractions also.