Converting percentage into a decimal. 8.5%

Damaris Davenport

Damaris Davenport

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2023-03-22

Converting percentage into a decimal. 8.5%

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Conversion of percentage into decimal
A percentage is divided by 100 to become a fraction.
Thus,
8.5%=8.5100
Now, shift the decimal place two places to the left when multiplying a number by 100.
8.5100=0.085
Thus,8.5%=0.085

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