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Yvonne brought a watermelon that weighed 8 7/9 pounds. Enter 8 7/9 as a decimal showing the first three decimal places.

Is the decimal equivalent a terminating or repeating decimal?

Yvonne brought a watermelon that weighed 8 7/9 pounds. Enter 8 7/9 as a decimal showing-example-1
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8.777 is the answer
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Answer:

8.777

It is a repeating decimal because it is only one number over and over

Explanation:

7 divided by 9= .7777

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