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QuestionDivide. Give the exact answer, written as a decimal. \square 5 \longdiv { 7 . 8 } Submit

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STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to divide 7.87.8 by 55 and write the result as a decimal. Watch out! Don't forget to carefully place the decimal point in your answer!

STEP 2

1. Set up the long division
2. Perform the division

STEP 3

Alright, let's **set up** our long division problem!
We're dividing 7.87.8 by 55, so we write 55 outside the division bracket and 7.87.8 inside.
We're going to treat this initially like 7878 divided by 55, and then we'll deal with the decimal at the end.
5 \longdiv { 7 . 8 }

STEP 4

How many times does 55 go into 77?
Well, 55 goes into 77 **one** time! 15=51 \cdot 5 = 5, so we write a 11 above the 77 and subtract 55 from 77.
157.852\begin{array}{cc} 1 \\ 5 & 7.8 \\ 5 \\ 2 \end{array}

STEP 5

75=27 - 5 = 2, so we have a **remainder** of 22.
Now, we bring down the 88 next to the 22, giving us 2828.
157.8528\begin{array}{cc} 1 \\ 5 & 7.8 \\ 5 \\ 28 \end{array}

STEP 6

How many times does 55 go into 2828? 55 goes into 2828 **five** times! 55=255 \cdot 5 = 25, so we write a 55 above the 88 and subtract 2525 from 2828.
1.557.8528253\begin{array}{cc} 1.5 \\ 5 & 7.8 \\ 5 \\ 28 \\ 25 \\ 3 \end{array}

STEP 7

We have a remainder of 33.
Since we're working with decimals, we can add a zero to the end of 7.87.8 to make it 7.807.80, and bring down the zero.
Now we have 3030.
1.557.805282530\begin{array}{c} 1.5 \\ 5 & 7.80 \\ 5 \\ 28 \\ 25 \\ 30 \end{array}

STEP 8

How many times does 55 go into 3030? 55 goes into 3030 exactly **six** times! 56=305 \cdot 6 = 30, so we write a 66 above the 00 and subtract 3030 from 3030.
1.565282530300\begin{array}{c} 1.56 \\ 5 \\ 28 \\ 25 \\ 30 \\ 30 \\ 0 \end{array}

STEP 9

We have a remainder of 00, so we're done!
Don't forget to put the decimal point in the correct place in our answer.
Since there's one decimal place in 7.87.8, there should be one decimal place in our answer.

STEP 10

7.87.8 divided by 55 is **1.561.56**.

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