SOLUTION: show that each number is rational by expressing it as a ratio of two integers. 1). -2.6 2). 5 2/3

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Question 640465: show that each number is rational by expressing it as a ratio of two integers.
1). -2.6
2). 5 2/3
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Move the decimal point to the right until you have gone past all of the significant digits, counting the number of places you moved the point. The number without a decimal point is the integer numerator. The denominator is 1 followed by a number of zeros equal to the number of places you moved the decimal point in order to make your numerator an integer.

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