Question: Show that any rational number p/q, for which the prime factorization of q consists entirely of 2s and 5s, has s terminating decimal expansion.

Show that any rational number p/q, for which the prime factorization of q consists entirely of 2s and 5s, has s terminating decimal expansion.

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