Answer :
To do it without a calculator you would first want to get the denominator to be 100.
To do this you would have to multiply both the top and bottom by 4
So now you have 72/100. You would then divide 72 by 100. To do this you simply move the decimal left two place, and you would get .72
To do this you would have to multiply both the top and bottom by 4
So now you have 72/100. You would then divide 72 by 100. To do this you simply move the decimal left two place, and you would get .72
In order to write [tex]\frac{18}{25}[/tex] as a decimal, we need to find a fraction equivalent to [tex]\frac{18}{25}[/tex] with 100 in the denominator. We can multiply the numerator and the denominator of [tex]\frac{18}{25}[/tex] by 4 and we will get the equivalent fraction [tex]\frac{72}{100}[/tex]. Remember that the hundredths place is two places to the right of the decimal point so we can write [tex]\frac{72}{100}[/tex] as 0.72
Therefore, 18/25 is equivalent to 0.72.
