Question #804b8

1 Answer
Nov 16, 2017

Let, the blank number be x
Then,
8/10+x=1
Note- 1 can also be written as 1/1,2/2,3/3,.....,10/10
Using that
8/10+x=10/10
Subtract 8/10 from both sides
cancel(8/10)cancel(+8/10)+x=10/10-8/10
x=(10-8)/10
Solve
x=2/10
Simplify
x=(cancel2^1)/(cancel(10^5)
x=1/5