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What is 0.15 recurring as a fraction in its simplest form?​

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Answer:

3/20

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Answer:

0.15 repeating is 5/33

Work Shown:

First, we can write:

x = 0.15 repeating = 0.1515...

Now, we multiply both sides by 100:

⇒ 100x = 15.1515... (2)

Subtracting (1) from (2), we get:

⇒ 100x − x = 15.1515... - 0.1515...

We can now solve for x as follows:

⇒ 100x − x = (15 + 0.1515...) − 0.1515...

⇒ (100 − 1) x = 15 + 0

⇒ 99 x = 15

After simplifying the fraction:

⇒ x = 15/99 = 5/33

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