1) has no info about S. hence insuff.sud21 wrote:R and S are integers, is R/S a finite decimal?
1). R is the factor of 100
2). S is the factor of 100
200/300 are multiples of 100.user123321 wrote:1) has no info about S. hence insuff.sud21 wrote:R and S are integers, is R/S a finite decimal?
1). R is the factor of 100
2). S is the factor of 100
2) has no info about R. hence insuff.
using both,
still we cannot determine whether it is finite decimal or not.
because for example, R can be 200 and S can be 300.
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user123321
sam can you pls discuss the property of terminating rational numbers! I seem to have missed an important point here.any value divided by above numbers will be a finite decimal
I am not sure if i can point out the right property here, but any whole number when divided by 2 or/and 5 will always result in a terminating decimal and other factors here are just multiples of them.Neo Anderson wrote:sam can you pls discuss the property of terminating rational numbers! I seem to have missed an important point here.any value divided by above numbers will be a finite decimal
Because I picked C as the answer, in that numerator and denominator both are factors of 100 and you get a finite rational number!
but as you said, numerator can be any thing, not necessarily a factor of 100. how's that??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimalA decimal representation written with a repeating final 0 is said to terminate before these zeros. Instead of "1.585000..." one simply writes "1.585". The decimal is also called a terminating decimal. Terminating decimals represent rational numbers of the form k/(2^n5^m). For example, 1.585 = 317/200 = 317/(2352).
