Question

express vulgar fraction of 0.136........in simplest form
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Answer 1

Answer:

$\longrightarrow \dfrac{17}{125}$

Step-by-step explanation:

• Given the vulgar fraction as :-

0.316

• As there are 3 decimal places , we will divide and multiply it by 1000 in order to remove decimal

$\sf \longrightarrow \: \dfrac{0.136 \times \red{ 1000}}{1 \times \red{1000}}$

• It has asked to bring the fraction into its lowest term. So we will find the LCM of 125 and 1000.

We get , 8 as LCM of this.

• Now we will divide the numerator by 8.

$\sf \longrightarrow \: \dfrac{136 \red{ \div 8}}{1000 \red{ \div 8}}$

$\sf \longrightarrow \: \dfrac{17}{125}$

What you need to know ?

• Vulagar fraction : A fraction whose denominator is while other than 10 , 100, 1000.