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Question
State if the following fraction has a terminating decimal.
`(125)/(213)`
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Solution
`(125)/(213)`
213 = 3 x 71
i.e. 213 cannot be expressed as 2m x 5n.
Hence, `(125)/(213)` does not have terminating decimal representation.
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