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What is 7.42 as a fraction in simplest form?

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7.42 Multiply 7.42 by 100 in the numerator and denominator Then, find GCF of 742 and 100 Divide the GCF (2) by the numerator and denominator, and simplify Therefore, 7.42 = 7 (21)/(50)
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7.42 as a fraction is 7420/1000. Now you need to simplify it. The easiest way to do this is to continuously divide the top and bottom by 2 as long as it is even. At this point it should be small enough to figure out the other factors, and finish simplifying it. This only simplifies to 371/50. While 371 is divisible by 7 and 53, 50 is not divisible by either of them, so the final solution is 371/30

Therefore 371/50 is 7.42 as a fraction.
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