SOLUTION: What is Non-terminating and Terminating?(step by step)

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Question 85738: What is Non-terminating and Terminating?(step by step)
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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A terminating decimal is one that comes out even when you divide it out. For example,
1%2F2=.5
1%2F4=+.25

However, more often than not, when you divide it out, it does NOT come out even:
1%2F3=.33333+.+.+. (This repeats the 3, and it NEVER comes out even!)

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