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ow do you turn this into a decimal!!??? please explain not just give an answer
like just give an example please

You haven't given us anything to work on. Apparently you are looking at
a fraction and need to convert it to the equivalent decimal. I'll supply
a fraction and explain the process.

Say we have the fraction 4/9, and want to know what decimal it represents.

What a fraction is saying is, "Divide the numerator (on top) by the denominator (on bottom)."
So, do that.

  ┌--------
9│4.00000

The decimal point and zeroes are needed because the answer will be less than one.

      .4
  ┌--------
9│4.00000

We divided 40 by 9 and got 4. Multiply 9 by that and put the result under the 4.0,
then subtract. Bring down the next zero and repeat the process.

      .4
  ┌--------
9│4.00000
    3 6
   ------
      40

      .44
  ┌--------
9│4.00000
    3 6
    ----
      40
      36
      ---
        4

This happens to be a repeating decimal; it goes on forever: 0.4444444444

No matter what the fraction, that is how you work it.
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