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Which of the following terminating decimals is equivalent to -1 3/4
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User Amoeba
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It would be - 1.75. Hope it helps! :)
User Jeni Vasileva
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Answer:

→ The decimal expansion of rational number is either terminating or non terminating repeating.

→If the denominator of rational number is of the form
2^a \text{or} 5^b \text{or} 2^a * 5^b , then the decimal terminates.


\rightarrow -1 (3)/(4)=(-7)/(4)\\\\=-1.75

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