state whether 17/8 will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non - terminating repeating decimal. (prove it)
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17/8 has a terminating decimal form.....
because the factors of the denominator 8 are 2*2*2 and according to the rule if the denominator of a rational number has either 2 or 5 or both as factors then its decimal form is terminating
because the factors of the denominator 8 are 2*2*2 and according to the rule if the denominator of a rational number has either 2 or 5 or both as factors then its decimal form is terminating
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