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A rational number in its decimal expansion is 327.7081. what can you say about the prime factors of q when this is number is expressed in the form P/q? give reasons

The decimal number 327.7081 can be written in the form of a fraction


Here, q = 10000


The prime factors of 10000 are 2 and 5.


10000 = 10⁴


= (2 × 5)⁴


= 24 × 54 (law of exponent (ab)m = am b m)


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