SOLUTION: Write The percent as a fraction in simplest form. 3. 15% Any help with this equation would be <b>Greatly</b> appreciated.

Question 116105: Write The percent as a fraction in simplest form.
3. 15%
Any help with this equation would be Greatly appreciated.
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Percent is defined as "hundredths" ...
.
So in fraction form 15% is converted to
.
But this fraction can be reduced to a simpler form because both the numerator and denominator
can be divided by the common factor of 5. When you divide the numerator 15 by 5 it becomes 3
and when you divide the denominator 100 by 5 it becomes 20. So the reduced fraction is
and you can't reduce that fraction any further because 3 and 20 cannot be divided
by any number that is common to both of them (other than 1 ... which does not change the problem).
.
So the answer is 15% =
.
Hope this helps ...

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