Question

Express 0.245 (bar over 5) as a fraction in the simplest form

Answer 1

let x= o.245(bar over 5) ======= {1 }

multiply by 10 on both sides
10x = 2.455 ========{2}

Subtracting 1 from 2
we get;
9x = 2.21
and x = 2.21/9