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by Uri » Wed May 06, 2009 11:01 am
i also think that the answer should be (B). any integer divided by any power of 2 will always give a terminating decimal.

can you please mention your source?
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by stevestein » Wed May 06, 2009 11:02 am
With the first piece of information, that P > Q, we could create a scenario where the decimal equivalent of P/Q does have a finite number of digits (4/2 = 2, for example), but we could also substitute numbers which would create an infinite number of digits (4/3 = 1.333..., for example).

The second piece of information, however, is sufficient by itself to answer the question posed, because if Q = 8, any value we substitute for positive integer P will create a decimal equivalent with a finite number of digits. Therefore the correct answer choice is (B).
Steve Stein
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by ketkoag » Thu May 07, 2009 11:18 am
thanks steve..
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