answer:
step-by-step explanation:
what is :
β5 Γ β3 ?
use this rule for radicals:
βa β
βb = βa β
b
substituting gives:
β5 β
β3β
β5β
3ββ5
or, approximately 3.873
now 3.873 and as a fraction is
let's convert your number to a fraction.
3.873
step 1:
since .873 has 3 digits, put 1000 on the bottom of the fraction.
3.873 as a fraction in its lowest terms is 3873/1000
we have already answered what is 3.873 as a fraction above for the cases 3.873 as decimal fraction and 3.873 as a fraction in simplest form.
yet, by multiplying the denominator and the nominator of 3.873 as a fraction in simplest form with all integers distinct from zero and one we can generate an infinite amount of fractions equivalent to 3873/1000, but not in lowest terms:
3873/1000 =
n
x
3873
n
x
1000
n
Ο΅
z
,
n
β
0
.
for example, with n = 2 we obtain 7746/2000 and with n = -3 we get 11619/3000:
7746/2000 = 11619/3000 = 3873/1000.
we can thus conclude that the question what is 3.873 as a fraction? does not have a single answer, but an indefinite amount of possibilities.
answer:
3 - 873/1000 - =