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It doesn't. 2.375 = 2 3/8

2.875 = 2 7/8

But how does the number translate into a fraction? Everything to the left of the decimal is a whole number, so the 2 in 2.375 is kept. The .375 is a decimal number that can be expressed in the fraction 3/8, so it is appended to the 2, to become 2 3/8.

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