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How can you determine whether a rational number will have a terminating or a repeating decimal

form? Provide an example of both a terminating and repeating rational number when converted to
decimal form.

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Answer:

You can determine this by putting the rational numbers in decimal form.

Explanation:

A rational number like 1/2 will have a terminating decimal answer = 0.5

A rational number like 7/11 will have a terminating decimal answer = 0.636 where 36 is repeating.

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