Let denote a decimal number, where the integers and represent the integer and fractional parts, respectively.
Find the solution to the equation and give your answer as
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x / y = y . x = y + 0 . 1 x
x = y 2 + 0 . 1 x y
x must be a single digit number and not 0 to only be a single decimal. y must also be a single digit number. x is a whole number as is y 2 so 0 . 1 x y must also be a whole number and this requires x y to be a multiple of 10. Therefore, one of these must be 5 and the other an even number.Therefore y is at least 1. For the fraction to equal a decimal with integer part 2 or more and to include 5, 5 cannot be the denominator as the biggest value would be 9/y=1.8, so 5 must be on the top and 2 on the bottom, 5/2=2.5