What is 0.054 Divided by 0.72?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-02T14:04:37

0.075

Given: $0.054/0.72$

I do not like dividing decimals and avoid it if I can

Multiply by 1 but in the form of $1=1000/1000$

$0.054/0.72xx1000/1000" " =" " (0.054xx1000)/(0.72xx1000)" "=" "54/720$

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$color(brown)("Note that 54 is the same as "540xx1/10)$

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Write as $540/720xx1/10$

But $540/720 -> 3/4 ->0.75$

so $540/720xx1/10 -> 0.75xx1/10 = 0.075$