document.write( "Question 177253: which is bigger .080 or .082 ? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #132329 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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If you multiply both numbers by 1000, you will get \"0.080%2A1000=80\" and \"0.082%2A1000=82\". \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since \"80%3C82\", this means that \"0.080%3C0.082\" (since 80 corresponds to 0.080 and 82 corresponds to 0.082)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"0.080%3C0.082\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This means that 0.082 is the larger number.
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