How do you simplify #87.5#?

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Truong-Son N.
May 4, 2017

This is about as simple of a mathematical form as you get for #87.5#.

#87.5# can be written as:

  • #87 + 0.5 = color(blue)(87 1/2)#
  • #87*2/2 + 1/2 = color(blue)(175/2)#
  • #color(blue)(8.75 xx 10^(1))#

Arguably, #87.5# is simpler than the other ways to write it.

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