document.write( "Question 260931: At a company fish fry, ½ in attendance are employees. Employees’ spouses are 1/3 of the attendance. What is the percentage of the people in attendance who are not employees or employee spouses? \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #192234 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "The question was \"WHAT PERCENTAGE\".  The other tutor answered \"1%2F6\"\r\n" );
document.write( "it as though the question had asked \"WHAT FRACTION?\"  \r\n" );
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document.write( "First change \"1%2F6\" to a decimal by dividing the denominator into the\r\n" );
document.write( "numerator, like this, writing a decimal and two zeros after the 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "   .16\"4%2F6\"   \r\n" );
document.write( "6)1.00\r\n" );
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document.write( "    40\r\n" );
document.write( "    36\r\n" );
document.write( "     4\r\n" );
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document.write( "So after reducing \"4%2F6\" to \"2%2F3\" you have\r\n" );
document.write( "\"%22.%22\"\"16%262%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the decimal value.  Now move the decimal\r\n" );
document.write( "two places to the right making it invisible and\r\n" );
document.write( "put on a \"%22%25%22\" and the final answer is \"16%262%2F3\"\"%22%25%22\"\r\n" );
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