What is 0.79879 as a fraction? What is 0.79879 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.79879 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .79879 to a fraction with a numerator (N) and denominator (D). In other words, you want to solve this equation:
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Here we will not only clearly explain how to get the answer to 0.79879 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 100000 multiplied by .79879 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .79879 times 100000 and denominator is 100000 like this:
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Next, multiply the numbers in the numerator together and keep the denominator as is. Now our fraction looks like this:
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The greatest common factor of 79879 and 100000 is 1, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 1 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .79879 as a fraction in the simplest form possible:
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A numerator over a denominator in a fraction is the same as numerator divided by denominator. If you enter 79879 divided by 100000 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.79879. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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