document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4840>Question 4840</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you convert fractions into percents and percents into fractions? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7/15 or 2.392  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #2333 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Abbey><B>Abbey(339)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Abbey><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=2333\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> to convert a fraction into a percent, the easiest way is to set up a proportionality and cross multiply:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F15=x%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F15=x%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  (This is always over one hundred because percentages are based on 100 percent)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "700=15x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "46.66=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which makes sense because 7 is almost half of 15 and 46.66 percent is almost half of one hundred percent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To convert a percent into a fraction, use 100 as the denominator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.392% = 2.392/100 </SPAN>\n" );
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