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Aspen incorrectly converted 15/8 to a decimal using long division. Check her work carefully to find the error. Select the digit where she first made a mistake.

Aspen incorrectly converted 15/8 to a decimal using long division. Check her work-example-1
User Jin Nii Sama
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The mistake happens when computing 70-64. The result is not 4, but should be 6 instead.

The correct long division is shown below.

This means
(15)/(8) = 1.875 in which you can use your calculator to verify this.

Aspen incorrectly converted 15/8 to a decimal using long division. Check her work-example-1
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