Answer:
36⁄125 or if we are talking about the lowest term it is 9 /3125
Explanation:
Step 1: 0.288 = 288⁄1000
Step 2: Simplify 288⁄1000 = 36⁄125 Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",
Or for the lowest term:
Therefore 0.288% can be written as
0.288
100
.
Next, we can multiply by
1
in the form of
1000
1000
to eliminate the decimal in the numerator:
1000
1000
×
0.288
100
⇒
1000
×
0.288
1000
×
100
⇒
288
100000
.
We can now reduce the fraction as:
288
100000
⇒
32
×
9
32
×
3125
⇒
32
×
9
32
×
3125
⇒
9
3125
.