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And can y’all help explain this

And can y’all help explain this-example-1

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Answer:

21.78

Explanation:

The fraction 4/5 has the decimal value 0.8. The mixed number 25 4/5 is equivalent to the decimal number 25.8.

When you do the subtraction, you may want to add a trailing zero to 25.8 to make the same number of decimal places as 4.02. Then you have ...

25.80 -4.02

and subtraction proceeds in the normal way.

25.80 -4.02 = 21.78

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It is useful to memorize the decimal equivalents of fractions with denominators of 10 or less. It is also helpful to note that denominators of 2 and 5 and their multiples can be translated directly to fractions with denominators of 10 or other powers of 10:


(4)/(5)=(4\cdot 2)/(5\cdot 2)=(8)/(10)

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