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The decimal equivalent of 5/9 is a terminating decimal.



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User Billy
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False. It would be a repeating decimal since you cannot reduce the fraction any further. The decimal equivalent would be 0.555555...
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Answer: False

Explanation:

You can convert all fractions to decimals. Also decimal forms of rational numbers either repeat or end a pattern.

you carry out the action of

5 ÷ 9 and you end up with a repeating decimal that is 0.5555... which happens to still be going on like that

But you can just simply write as 0.55

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