What is 0.87584 as a fraction? What is 0.87584 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.87584 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .87584 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 0.87584 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 100000 multiplied by .87584 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .87584 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 87584 and 100000 is 32, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 32 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .87584 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 2737 divided by 3125 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.87584. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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