How do you simplify #4.72/0.2#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-23T17:29:59

#23.6 = 23 6/10 = 23 3/5#

"Simplify" is a very misleading instruction. It can mean a variety of things.
Very often it is "carry out the operation given"

In this case it is a division - shown as a fraction.

Division by a decimal should be changed to division by a whole number:

#4.72/0.2 xx10/10 = 47.2/2#

Now simply divide: #47.2 div 2 = 23.6#

In fraction form this would be given as:

#23 6/10 = 23 3/5#