Question 14 Marks
Visualise the representation of $5.3\bar{7}$ on the number line upto 5 decimal places, that is upto 5.37777.
Answer
View full question & answer→Once again we proceed by successive magnification, and successively decrease the lengths of the portions of the number line in which $5.3\bar{7}$ is located. First, we see that $5.3\bar{7}$ is located between 5 and 6. In the next step, we locate $5.3\bar{7}$ between 5.3 and 5.4. To get a more accurate visualization of the representation, we divide this portion of the number line into 10 equal parts and use a magnifying glass to visualize that $5.3\bar{7}$ lies between 5.37 and 5.38. To visualize $5.3\bar{7}$ more accurately, we again divide the portion between 5.37 and 5.38 into ten equal parts and use a magnifying glass to visualize that $5.3\bar{7}$ lies between 5.377 and 5.378. Now to visualize $5.3\bar{7}$ still more accurately, we divide the portion between 5.377 and 5.378 into 10 equal parts, and visualize the representation of $5.3\bar{7}$ as in fig.,(iv). Notice that $5.3\bar{7}$ is located closer to 5.3778 than to 5.3777 (iv).










