How do you write .285 as a fraction in simplest terms?

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How do you write .285 as a fraction in simplest terms?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-09T10:08:33

$0,285$ as a fraction in simplest term is $57/200$

Explanation:

$.285$ or $0.285$ is a fraction in decimal notation.

It is equivalent to $2/10+8/100+5/1000$ or $285/1000$

As the only common factor (other than $1$ ) between $285$ and $1000$ is $5$ to write $0.285$ as a fraction in simplest term, we need to divide numerator and denominator in $285/1000$ by $5$ .

Hence $0.285=285/1000=(5xx57)/(5xx200)=57/200$

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