How do you write .24 in percent form?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-30T10:39:42

$0.24=24%$

A fraction $x=a/b$ , whether written as a ratio of two integers or written in decimal operation can be written in percentage form as

$x xx100%$ or $a/bxx100%$

Hence $0.24=0.24xx100%=24%$

Answer 2 · 2016-10-04T08:57:36

24%

Another way of writing 0.24 is: $2/10+4/100$

Write as: $[2/10color(magenta)(xx1)]+4/100$

But write 1 as $10/10$ giving:

$" " [2/10color(magenta)(xx10/10)]+4/100$

$" "[20/100]" "+""4/100" " =" " 24/100$

but $24/100$ is another way of writing $24%$

so $0.24-=24%" "larr$ The $-=$ means equivalent to