SOLUTION: how do you write 7.02 as an improper fraction and in simplest form

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Question 802128: how do you write 7.02 as an improper fraction and in simplest form
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Knowledge of place value lets you express 7.02 in expanded form as

7%2B0%2A%281%2F10%29%2B2%281%2F100%29
And then the simplification steps:
7%28100%2F100%29%2B0%2A%2810%2F10%29%2B2%281%2F100%29
%28700%2B0%2B2%29%2F100
702%2F100
And then reduction for simplification:
divide numerator and denominator by 2,
highlight%28351%2F50%29