SOLUTION: Hey! __ It says to express 0.01 as a fraction. Please help! Thank You=)

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: Hey! __
It says to express 0.01 as a fraction.

Please help! Thank You=)
This question is from textbook algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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Set the decimal value equal to x. Let's call this Equation 1

Multiply both sides by 100

Multiply (or move the decimal 2 places to the right on both sides). Let's call this Equation 2

Now subtract Equation 2 from Equation 1 by subtracting the left side terms and the right side terms

Now divide both sides by 99 to isolate x

So the decimal number is the fraction

In other words,