SOLUTION: What is 29.6% written as a fraction?

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Question 283723: What is 29.6% written as a fraction?
Found 4 solutions by Alan3354, stanbon, richwmiller, oberobic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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29.6% = 29.6/100
= 0.296

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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What is 29.6% written as a fraction?
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% = per cent means per 100
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29.6% = 29.6/100 = 296/1000
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source):
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What does per cent mean? per hundred
so just put it all over 100
29.6/100
if you don/t like the decimal point multiply numerator and denominator by 10
10/10=1 so you are multiplying by one
296/1000
You can reduce it by dividing by 4
74/250
go again by 2
37/125

Answer by oberobic(2304)   (Show Source):
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Any number that can be written as a fraction is, by definition, a rational number.
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29.6% is mathematically = 0.296.
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And we see that .296 = 296 thousandths, which we can show as:
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The 8's cancel, so we end up with
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Done.