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Alex wrote 103.903 in expanded form as 100+3x1+9x1/100+3x1/1000. Explain his mistake. Then tell how to correct it.

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Here is the mistake is on 9x1/100 because after decimal 9 is there means
9 has to be multiplied by 1/10 to get the 0.9

Here if we expand the 103.903 then from left to right
1 = 1x100 +
0 = 0x10 +
3 = 3x1 +
9 = 9x1/10+
0 = 0x1/100+
3 = 3x1/1000 = 103.903
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