Rewrite 8 2/5
as an improper fraction.

42/5

Step-by-step explanation:

If you multiply the denominator (5) by the whole number you would get 40, so then, you add this to the numerator (2), you would get 42 after. So the answer would be 42/5 (you keep the denominator). You can trust my answer because I'm n middle school and this was in like elementary school :P

there is only one way to arrange all the eight relative to each other because they are not distinct. we have

now there are nine places to place an (and not more than one in one place).   because we have four symbols, we need to choose four of these nine places to insert an . order does not matter because the are not distinct.

thus there are 1 · c(9,4) ways, or, if we calculate it,

thus there are 126 ways to form such "words."