Question

Almost 7 over 18 of the total electricity supplied to a city is used for commercial and industrial purposes. Use long division to determine the decimal equivalent of 7 over 18. Use words to explain if the decimal terminates or repeats.

Answer 1

7/18=0.38888888..., so this decimal is repeating decimal because the number 8 is repeating in infinity. Hope it help!

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{7}{18} =0.3888888...$

Step-by-step explanation:

Almost 7 over 18 of the total electricity supplied to a city is used for commercial and industrial purposes.

$\frac{7}{18} =0.3888888...$

We can see that 8 is repeating like 8888...... up to infinity.

We can also write this as 0.38  (with a bar over 8)