Which decimal number is 17/22 equal to?
Answer with explanation:
A decimal number is terminating , if it's denominator is of the form \(2^p \text{or} 2^p \times 5^q \text{or} 5^q.\)
The fraction or Rational number ,
\(\frac{17}{22}=\frac{17}{11\times 2}\)
has both 2, and 11 in the denominator,it means this decimal number is non terminating repeating.
So, \(\frac{17}{22}=0.72272727......\\\\=0.72\bar{27}\)
Non terminating repeating decimal.