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Ronaldo will write 3/20 as a decimal which of the following methods should be use

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Explanation:

we need to get 100 in denominator so last two options are discarded

multiply the fraction by 1/5 will change the number

we need to multiply with 1(5/5)

hence correct method is

multiply the fraction by 5/5 to get a denominator of 100 and then write the numerator as hundredths using a decimal point.

3/20*5/5

=3*5/(20*5)

=15/100

=0.15

I hope it's helpful!

User GMichael
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Answer:

Explanation:

You haven’t provided the choice of methods!

Note that 3/20 can be scaled to a fraction that has a denominator of 100, making it easy to write the fraction as a decimal.

3/20 = 15/100 = 0.15

User Prakhar Thakur
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