What is #2.675 / .5#?

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Shwetank Mauria
Apr 1, 2016

#5.35#

Explanation:

#2.675/.5# means diving #2.675# by #.5# or #0.5#.

As #0.5=5/10# and dividing by a fraction such as #5/10# means multiplying by multiplicative inverse of #5/10#, which is #10/5#

#2.675/.5=2.675xx10/5=(2.675xx10)/5=(2.675xx2cancel(10))/(1cancel(5))#

or #2.675xx2=5.35#

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