document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=861500>Question 861500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What other types of real life situations might you need to divide decimals? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #519140 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=519140\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider the following scenarios:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "*You spend $31.22 on gas, whose price is $3.29/gal. You want to know how many gallons you bought.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*You have $1000 and want to exchange to a different currency.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*You are writing software that can find the quotient of two decimals to arbitrary precision (the algorithm is more advanced though; one technique uses Newton's method). </SPAN>\n" );
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