Answer:
Hundredth
Step-by-step explanation:
Given parameters are:
Two decimal numbers
1) 0.58
2) 0.21
Required?
1) Difference between the two numbers
2) Place value of 7
Calculating the difference
0 . 5 8
- 0 . 2 1
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0 . 3 7
The difference between the two decimal numbers is 0.37
In other words, 0.58 - 0.21 = 0.37
Calculating the place value of 7.
Place value are the value represented by a digit in a number on the basis of its position in the number.
To understand what place value is, we'll simplify the result of the subtraction.;
0.37 = 0.3 + 0.07
We'll then simplify individual numbers
0.3 = 3/10
0.07 = 7/100
The denominator of each fraction is their place value.
Below 7, we have 100.
Hence, it's place value is hundredth
