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Question
CBSEENMA10006134

Without actually performing the long division, state whether the following rational numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion:

left parenthesis vii right parenthesis space space fraction numerator 129 over denominator 2 squared 5 to the power of 7 7 to the power of 5 end fraction

Solution
space space left parenthesis v i i right parenthesis space space fraction numerator 129 over denominator 2 squared 5 to the power of 7 7 to the power of 5 end fraction rightwards double arrowhas a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.

[By NCERT Theorem 1.7]