Question

The decimal expansion of the rational number 14587/50 will terminate after:

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.