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Question
State if the following fraction has a terminating decimal.
`(59)/(75)`
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Solution
`(59)/(75)`
75 = 5 x 5 x 3 = 22 x 31.
i.e. 75 cannot be expressed as 2m x 5n.
Hence, `(59)/(75)` does not have terminating decimal representation.
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