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Peyton knows that 18 1 8 means “1 1 divided by 8 8 .” She uses this to find the decimal equivalent for 18 1 8 . Enter a digit into each box to complete her work.

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Solution:

It is given that , Peyton knows that 1 8 1 8 means '' 11 divided by 88 ''.

Now decimal equivalent of 18 1 8 is ,[tex]\frac{11}{88}=\frac{1}{8}[/tex]

Since the denominator of fraction contains 8 which is of the form [tex]2^3[/tex]. So if the denominator is of the form [tex]2^a[/tex] where a is any whole number, then the rational number is either terminating or non terminating repeating.

So, [tex]\frac{1}{8}=0.125[/tex]