How do you convert 3/50 to decimal and percentage?

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How do you convert 3/50 to decimal and percentage?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-22T12:54:50

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A decimal is any fraction which denominator is a power of $10$ . So to convert a fraction to a decimal you look for a number to which you can expand or reduce the fraction.

$3/50$ can easily be converted to a fraction with the denominator of $100$ .

$3/50=(3*color(red)(2))/(50*color(red)(2))=6/100$

This fraction can easily be written as a decimal or percentage:

$6/100=0.06=6%$

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