Answer :

A fraction is said to be equivalent to a terminating decimal if when converted to a decimal has a countable number of digits after the decimal point.

Examples of fractions that are terminating decimals are:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{5}=0.4 \\ \frac{3}{8}=0.375 \end{gathered}[/tex]

On the other hand, when the digits after the decimal point keep repeating indefinitely, we say such a fraction is equivalent to a repeating decimal.

Examples are:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{7}{9}=0.777777777\cdots=0.\bar{7} \\ \frac{11}{999}=0.011011011\cdots=0.\bar{011} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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