Question

Which decimal number is 17/22 equal to?

Answer 1

It is equal to 0.7727272727

Answer 2

Answer with explanation:

A decimal number is terminating , if it's denominator is of the form
`2^p \text{or} 2^p * 5^q \text{or} 5^q.`

The fraction or Rational number ,

`(17)/(22)=(17)/(11* 2)`

has both 2, and 11 in the denominator,it means this decimal number is non terminating repeating.

So,
`(17)/(22)=0.72272727......\\\\=0.72\bar{27}`

Non terminating repeating decimal.