Question

What is 15/17 as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 1

15/17 is 0.88. rounded to the nearest tenth is 0.9

Answer 2

`(15)/(17)=0.9`

Explanation:

Given : Number
`(15)/(17)`

To find : What is number as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth?

Solution :

Number
`(15)/(17)`

Dividing 15 by 17 as 15 is less than 17 than we start by putting decimal and make 150 divide by 17.

Refer the attached figure for division.

Up to three decimal place,

`(15)/(17)=0.882`

Nearest to tenth means rounding hundreds term in the decimal.

i.e. 8 >5 so tenth number increase by 1.

Rounded to nearest tenth
`(15)/(17)=0.9`

Therefore,
`(15)/(17)=0.9`