SOLUTION: Show that the number is rational by writing it as a quotient of two integers. 1.22 Any help with this equation would be <b>GREATLY</b> appreciated.

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Question 109593: Show that the number is rational by writing it as a quotient of two integers.
1.22
Any help with this equation would be GREATLY appreciated.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember, the digits after the decimal place are tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc...

So .22 is 22 hundredths which is written as . So this means that 1.22 is the fraction



Start with the given mixed number

Multiply the denominator 100 by the whole number 1 to get 100

. Add 100 to the numerator 22 to get 122. This final result is the new numerator

Place the new numerator over the same denominator

So the mixed number is equivalent to the improper fraction


So 1.22 can be written as

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