Express 0.9534 as a fraction
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the decimal.
0.9534
Express in Fraction.
Solution:
In order to express a decimal in fraction, we must first determine what is the least place value that the decimal have. The number places with decimals starts with; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on.
The given decimal has 4 units to the left, meaning that it has a place value of ten thousandths. Now to convert the decimal into fraction, we will put the decimal as a whole in the numerator, and divide it by ten thousand, hence if the place value is hundred thousandths, we divide it by one hundred thousands.
= 9,534 / 10,000
Simplify in lowest term by dividing with 2.
= 4767/ 5000
Final answer:
4767/5000