To convert 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ to a rational number, you would set x equal to 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ and then multiply both sides of the equation by what number?(1 point)
To convert a recurring decimal like 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ to a rational number, you can set x equal to the recurring decimal and multiply both sides of the equation by a suitable power of 10 to eliminate the recurring part.
In this case, since the recurring part is one digit (the number 2), we can multiply both sides by 100:
100x = 82.82¯¯¯¯¯
Now, we subtract x from both sides of the equation:
100x - x = 82.82¯¯¯¯¯ - 0.82¯¯¯¯¯
This simplifies to:
99x = 82
Finally, we can divide both sides of the equation by 99 to solve for x, yielding the rational number:
x = 82/99
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To convert 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ to a rational number, you would set x equal to 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ and then multiply both sides of the equation by what number?(1 point)
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To convert a repeating decimal like 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ to a rational number, we can set x equal to 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ and multiply both sides of the equation by a suitable power of 10 to eliminate the repeating decimal.
In this case, we have three digits repeating after the decimal point, so we want to multiply by a power of 10 that has the same number of repeating digits. Since there are three repeating digits, we'll multiply both sides by 1000.
x = 0.82¯¯¯¯¯
Multiplying both sides by 1000:
1000x = 820.82¯¯¯¯¯
Now, we can subtract the original equation from this new equation to eliminate the repeating part:
1000x - x = 820.82¯¯¯¯¯ - 0.82¯¯¯¯¯
999x = 820
Finally, divide both sides by 999 to solve for x:
999x / 999 = 820 / 999
x = 820 / 999
Therefore, to convert 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ to a rational number, we multiply both sides of the equation by 1000 and then simplify the resulting equation to get x = 820/999.
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To convert a recurring decimal like 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ to a rational number, we can set x equal to the recurring decimal and multiply both sides of the equation by a power of 10 that eliminates the recurring part.
Let's represent the decimal without the recurring part as a variable a:
a = 0.82
To find the rational number, we'll subtract the original equation from the equation where the recurring part has been multiplied by 10:
10a = 8.2¯¯¯¯¯
Subtracting the original equation a = 0.82 from 10a = 8.2¯¯¯¯¯ gives:
10a - a = 8.2¯¯¯¯¯ - 0.82
9a = 7.38
To convert this to a rational number, we divide both sides of the equation by 9:
a = 7.38/9
Therefore, the rational number equivalent to 0.82¯¯¯¯¯ is 7.38/9.