Question

Without actually performing the long division, state whether the rational number 17/8 will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non terminating repeating decimal expansion??

Answer 1

If the denominator is a multiple of 2 or 5 then the number will probably have a terminating decimal expansion.
Here, 8 is a multiple of 2. So, it has a terminating decimal expansion.

Answer 2

Its a terminating....