Question
State if the following fraction has a terminating decimal.$\frac{5}{7}$
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Answer
$\frac{5}{7} $
$ 7=1 \times 7 $
i.e.,$ 7$ can not be expressed as $2^m \times 5^n$.
$\therefore \frac{5}{7}$ does not have terminating decimal representation.
$ 7=1 \times 7 $
i.e.,$ 7$ can not be expressed as $2^m \times 5^n$.
$\therefore \frac{5}{7}$ does not have terminating decimal representation.
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