document.write( "Question 13179: reduce the ratio and find the percentage\r
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Change these ratios to fractions (it doesn't change anything but the way they look). \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5 out of 10 changes to $\"5%2F10\"$ . In order to reduce, or simplify, the fraction, find a number that will divide into both evenly. In this case, 5 will divide into both 5 and 10 evenly. Divide both numbers by 5 (remember that anything you do to the top of a fraction, you have to do the same to the bottom). This reduces to $\"1%2F2\"$ , or 1 out of 2. In order to change a fraction to a percent, change it to a decimal first (divide the top number by the bottom number...remember that a fraction bar is just a divided by sign...). When you do this, you get .5 - change this to a percent by moving the decimal two places to the right and adding the percent sign, which is 50%.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To reduce 2/6, find a number that will divide evenly into 2 and 6 (which is 2). This reduces to 1/3. Change to a percent the same way as above...do 1 divided by 3. That is .333333 (it keeps repeating). Change to a percent by moving the decimal two places to the right, and you get 33.3%. Another way to write this is 33 1/3%.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To reduce 6:36, make it look like a fraction (6/36). Find a number that divides into both numbers evenly...which is 6. The fraction reduces to 1/6...or 1:6. Change to a decimal like the other two (one divided by 6)...which is .16666666 (the 6 will keep repeating). Change to a percent the same way...and you get 16.7% (or, another way to write it is 16 2/3%). \n" ); document.write( "

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