Question

Jorge said that 0.029 can be written as 29/100 is he correct explain

Answer 1

He is incorrect because since 0.029 is in the thousandths place the fraction would be written as 29/1000

Answer 2

`0.029=(29)/(1000)`

Explanation:

Given : Jorge said that 0.029 can be written as
`(29)/(100)`

To find : Is he correct? Explain

Solution :

Jorge said that 0.029 can be written as
`(29)/(100)`

Jorge is incorrect as 0.029 the decimal is before three places so there are three zeros in the denominator.

So,
`0.029=(29)/(1000)`

Therefore, Jorge is not correct and the correct answer is
`0.029=(29)/(1000)`