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Question 67906: How do I change -1.7 to the fractional form?
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Found 2 solutions by funmath, stanbon:
Answer by funmath(2933)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do I change -1.7 to the fractional form?
Divide -17 by 10.

The denominator will have as many 0's as there are spots behind the decimal.
For instance 1.11 = 111/100
I hope this helped.
Happy Calculating!!!!

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
=-17/10
Cheers,
Stan H.

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