<span>87 24/25 ...this is a mixed fraction ..so in order to get in in decimal we first need to convert it into unlike fraction ..for that we do the following ... </span> <span>87 24/25 </span>=> multiply the whole number and the denominator .. =>87 X 25 = 2175 =>now add the numerator to this product ... =>2175 + 24 = 2199 .. => so now we get an unlike fraction which when we divide we get the answer in decimals .. => 2199/25 = 87.96 ... that is ... 87 24/25 in decimals ...