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Review: Remainder and Fractional Portion
Explanation
We are given two statements that convey similar
information: both the remainder and the non-integer portion of the decimal
describe the portion of the division that didn't happen cleanly. For example,
if we divide 7 by 5, or 
,
the remainder is 2, and the decimal value of is 
.
And there's a relationship: it's the remainder of 2, over the divisor, 5, that
gave us the decimal portion of .4. Therefore,
The correct answer is (B).
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