Question 515 Marks
Express the following decimal as a rational number.$0.017$
Answer
View full question & answer→Let $x=0.0 \overline{17}$
$=0.01717 . .$
Here, only numbers $17$ is being repeated,
so first we need to remove $0$ which proceeds $17.$
We multiply by $10$ so that the recurring digits remain after decimal.
$\therefore 10 x=0.1717 \ldots (1)$
The number of digits recurring equation $(1)$ is $2$,
so we multiply both sides of the equation $(1)$ by $100 .$
$\therefore 1000 x=100 \times 0.1717 \ldots$
$=17.1717 \ldots \ldots(2)$
On subtracting $(1)$ from $(2)$, we get
$990 x=17$
$\therefore x=\frac{17}{990}$
$\therefore 0.017=(17) /(990)$
$=0.01717 . .$
Here, only numbers $17$ is being repeated,
so first we need to remove $0$ which proceeds $17.$
We multiply by $10$ so that the recurring digits remain after decimal.
$\therefore 10 x=0.1717 \ldots (1)$
The number of digits recurring equation $(1)$ is $2$,
so we multiply both sides of the equation $(1)$ by $100 .$
$\therefore 1000 x=100 \times 0.1717 \ldots$
$=17.1717 \ldots \ldots(2)$
On subtracting $(1)$ from $(2)$, we get
$990 x=17$
$\therefore x=\frac{17}{990}$
$\therefore 0.017=(17) /(990)$