Question #71126
1 Answer
Mar 29, 2017
35%.
Explanation:
There are two ways to find the answer.
If you have/are allowed to use a calculator, you can simply evaluate the fraction.
then multiply by 100(move the decimal 2 places right).
0.35 * 100 = 35%
If you are not allowed to use a calculator, then multiply the fraction to get an equivalent fraction that is out of 100.
(you want 100 as the denominator. the % symbol means out of 100)
20 is the denominator of this fraction.
So the numerator and denominator must be multiplied by 5.
(This does not change the actual value of the fraction because you are multiplying the fraction by
You get