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Question
Write the following rational number in decimal form.
`17/8`
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Solution 1
`17/8`
= `17/8 × 125/125`
= `2125/1000`
= 2.125
Solution 2
| 2.125 | |
| 8 | 17.000 |
| - 16 | |
| 10 | |
| - 8 | |
| 20 | |
| - 16 | |
| 40 | |
| - 40 | |
| 0 |
`therefore 17/8 = 2.125`
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