Take the fraction. Divide the top number by the bottom number. (That's what a fraction means.). Some fractions will produce a decimal that goes on and on and never ends. Some fractions produce a decimal that ends. Some examples that make repeating decimals are: 1/3, 1/7, 1/9, 1/11.

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A couple is required by their lender to have a down payment of 20% of the purchase price of the home they want to buy. If the co

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Down payment is 20% of the price of the home. Since the couple saved $35,000, and assuming they will pay the whole money as down payment, the highest priced home they can get is a price whose 20% is $35,000.

We can setup an equation in x (being the price of home) to get the price of the most expensive home they can buy.

<em>Which number (x) , multiplied by 20%, is equal to $35,000?</em>

So, the most expensive house they can buy is worth $175,000.

ANSWER: $175,000

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