SOLUTION: Division can be used to show that 7 over 40 can be written as what kind of decimal?
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Question 155123: Division can be used to show that 7 over 40 can be written as what kind of decimal?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ans: A repeating decimal.
Since there can be at most 39 different remainders when you divide
by 40, the decimal must repeat its pattern if your dividing takes
more than 39 steps.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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