BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE
is sufficient

naremnaresh wrote:BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE
is sufficient

yes the OA is C
Thanks naremnaresh..can u plz explain why both the statements are needed?

I have read somewhere on BTG that if the denominator is in (2^x)*(5^x) form then the we always get decimals ending finitely
Hence 2 is sufficient
It hold true even for P<Q
Lets consider 2/8.The answer is 0.25
Plz advise where I am going wrong?

prachich1987 wrote:Does the decimal equivalent of P/Q, where P and Q are positive integers, contain only a finite number of nonzero digits?

(1) P>Q
(2) Q=8

Question is P/q is in the form of .3333333333 or .4444444444 or .25 or.23 ,

1) P>Q , let p = 4 and q = 3 , p/q = 1.3333333.

let p = 5 or q = 4 , p/q = 1.25

Not sufficient

2) q = 8 , We are given that p is also a positive integer,

Possible remainders when p is divided by q is 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 0

in every case value of the expression p/q will increase by .125

like 1/8 = .125 , 2/8 = .25 , 3/8 = .375 till 8/8 = 0 (remainder is zero )

so Sufficient

Answer is B

one more for B

from statement 1.
let p=4 and q = 3 then 4/3 = 1.3333333333.................... which is infinite

if you consider both statements q = 8 then
let p =9
9/8 = 1.125
10/8 = 1.25
11/8 = 1.375
........
which is finite.

so both statements are required.

prachich1987 sorry for the answer
statement 2 is enough.

naremnaresh wrote:from statement 1.
let p=4 and q = 3 then 4/3 = 1.3333333333.................... which is infinite

if you consider both statements q = 8 then
let p =9
9/8 = 1.125
10/8 = 1.25
11/8 = 1.375
........
which is finite.

so both statements are required.

But even in the cases where P<Q, we get final results
So I don't think statement 1 is required.

Answer is B. 8 is enought to tell us that we have finite decimal places
P> Q does not tell us anyhting.

The answer is B, because all number divided by 8 is finited.