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Which of the following expresses 2.4 as a fraction in simplest form ?

Which of the following expresses 2.4 as a fraction in simplest form ?-example-1
User Olegsv
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2 (4)/(9) would be the correct answer.

This is not 2.4. This is "2.44444..." because of the line over the 4 after the decimal place (this applies for any decimal such as
2.48\overline{47} = 2.484747474747...).

In general, the over-lined part can be written as a fraction of 9 (99, 999, 9999, etc. if the over-lined part has more than one digit, in increasing order of digits), which is why
2 (4)/(9) is the correct answer.

User Shakiara
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Answer:

its 2 4/9

Explanation:

because i did trial and error, i converted all the fractions into decimals until one of the conversions was equal to 2.444444444444...infinite

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