Without actually performing the long division,state whether the following rational number will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non terminating repeating decimal expansion: 232352
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Solution
A simplified fraction of the form pq has a terminating
decimal expansion if and only if all the prime factors of q are
either 2 or 5. Given: q=2352 As the only prime factors of the denominator are 2 and 5, the decimal expansion will be terminating.