document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=496768>Question 496768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> convert 0.34% to a decimal </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #336547 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=lmeeks54><B>lmeeks54(111)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=lmeeks54><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=lmeeks54><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=336547\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The definition of percent (%) is important.  Percent is essentially some part of something in 100ths.  1% = one one-hundredth.  That is the same as 0.01, which means that reflecting a number as a percent means moving the decimal point two places to the right.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, converting a percentage back to a decimal would mean moving the decimal two places back to the left.  34% is the same as 0.34; but we are asked to convert 0.34% to a decimal.  Moving the decimal point two places left gives us:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.34% = 0.0034<BR>\n" );
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