document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=175129>Question 175129</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780618078325/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write the percent as a fraction. simplify if possible \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "19.68%      \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please tell me what u do so i can understand <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #130239 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=130239\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It really helps to know what \"per cent\" means.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It means \"per one hundred\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So when you see the % sign, you can say per 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which means /100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19.68 % If you read it my way you say<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19.68/100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is not quite there yet. You have to get rid of the decimal point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If I multiply the top and the bottom of a fraction by the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number, it doesn't change the value of the fraction. It changes the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "way it looks, but it's still the same value.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So I can multiply this fraction by 10/10 and it won't change<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10 x 19.68) / (10 x 100)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the same as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "196.8 / 1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I've still got a decimal point, so I multiply by 10/10 again<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10 x 196.8) / (10 x 1000)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This equals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1968 / 10000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The decimal point is gone, so it's a fraction now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But I need to simplify it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide top and bottom by 16 (this doesn't change the fraction either)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1968/16 = 123<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10000/16 = 625<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, 123/625 is the answer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And, I just did this division on my calculator, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "123/625 = .1968 as it should </SPAN>\n" );
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