Which of the following fractions has the decimal expansion completed?
Which of the following fractions has the decimal expansion completed?
a) 1/(1024^1024)
b) 1/(2222^2222)
c) 1/(5555^5555)
d) 1/(1500^1500)
I know there should be power of 10 in the denominator, but I don't how to check if some of this fractions has it.
Which of the following fractions has the decimal expansion completed?
a)
b)
c)
d)
I know there should be power of 10 in the denominator, but I don't how to check if some of this fractions has it.
2 Answers
a)
Explanation:
Note that
So:
1/(1024^1024) = 1/((2^10)^1024) = 1/(2^10240) = 5^10240/10^10240
which has a terminating decimal expansion with
All of the other options have factors other than
The correct answer is
Explanation:
A fraction can be converted to a decimal without a period if and only if the prime factorization of the denominator consists only of
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