Hello. I'm new to this site but already I can tell I'm going to be very grateful to some of you. I'm having some difficulty with this problem. I also try to respect board rules, so I want it known that I'm not positive this is the correct forum; what I'm doing is Algebra II but I'm sure that my difficulty lies in something I should have learned in a lesser level.
This is the problem that caused me grief. It actually gave the answer at the bottom, but I accidentally deleted that part. It's not necessary anyway, as I could solve it once I understand this.
I was able to do everything this page says; incidently it cuts off just where I had my difficulty (I understand everything else). That is, when I multiply 5 by 3/17, I get a very long decimal number (0.88235294). As you see, I'm supposed to turn this into a simplified fraction... and I have no idea how. I suppose that I can, by turning it into 88235294/100000000, convert it to a fraction, but that's certainly not simplified, and I'm wary to progress from there with as little as I know.
Could someone please tell me what to do now? Calculators are allowed in this problem.
This is the problem that caused me grief. It actually gave the answer at the bottom, but I accidentally deleted that part. It's not necessary anyway, as I could solve it once I understand this.
I was able to do everything this page says; incidently it cuts off just where I had my difficulty (I understand everything else). That is, when I multiply 5 by 3/17, I get a very long decimal number (0.88235294). As you see, I'm supposed to turn this into a simplified fraction... and I have no idea how. I suppose that I can, by turning it into 88235294/100000000, convert it to a fraction, but that's certainly not simplified, and I'm wary to progress from there with as little as I know.
Could someone please tell me what to do now? Calculators are allowed in this problem.
