Convert 0.23 & 0.23 bar into a Simple Fraction. (0.23 & 0.23 bar āĻ āĻāĻāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
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1. Convert 0.23 into a Simple Fraction.(0.23 āĻ āĻāĻāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Soln
Since 23 and 100 have no common factor, the fraction is already in its simplest form. (āϝāĻŋāĻšā§āϤ⧠23 āĻā§°ā§ 100-ā§° āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŖāύā§āϝāĻŧāĻ āύāĻžāĻ, āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏ⧰āϞ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāĨ¤)
Ans:āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 23/100
Short Trick | āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
Write the decimal digits as the numerator and put 1 followed by the same number of zeros as the denominator. (2 decimal places → 100) [āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§° āĻ āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° āϞāĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻšā§°āϤ ā§§ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻ āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤ (⧍āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ ⇒ 100)]
Example : āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ:
2. Convert 0.23 (Recurring Decimal) into a Simple Fraction.[(āĻĒā§āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ) āĻ āĻāĻāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤]
Let x = 0.23 bar
100x = 23.23 bar
100x − x = 23
99x = 23
x = 23/99
Ans:āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 23/99
Short Trick | āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
- If 2 digits repeat, write the repeating digits as the numerator and write 99 as the denominator. (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ⧍āĻāĻž āĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° āϞāĻŦāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻšā§°āϤ 99 āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤)