Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Sherry's claim is wrong because the expression 1/x will not always be equal to a repeating decimal whenever x is an odd number greater than 1.
Although some but not all of the odd numbers when substituted into the function 1/x will give a repeating decimal. For example, substituting 3 into the function 1/x wil be 1/3 which will result in 0.333333333(a repeating decimal.
Same goes with 7. 1/7 = 0.142857142857142 (a repeated decimal)
Even odd number 9 will result into ,1/9 = 0.11111111111(a repeated number).
An exception if an odd number if 5 is used. The reciprocal of 5 will not result in a repeated decimal.
1/5 = 0.2
0.2 is not a repeated decimal. This result falsify Sherry's claim that the expression 1/x will always be equivalent to a repeating decimal whenever x is an odd number greater than 1.
