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What is 33 1/3% as a decimal.

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it's a repeating decimal

33.(3) <--- that means that is keeps repeating when it's put like this (x)
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Answer: 0.3 repeating

Step-by-step explanation: We can change a percent to a decimal by moving the decimal point two places to the left. However, this problem has no decimal point so we need to first change the fraction to a decimal so that we have a decimal point to work with.

We can write the fraction 1/3 as a decimal by dividing the denominator which is 3 into the numerator which is 1. When we divide 3 into 1, we get .3 repeating. This means that we can rewrite 33 and 1/3% as 33.3% repeating.

Now, we move the decimal point two places to the left and we get .333 repeating or 0.3 repeating.

Therefore, 33 and 1/3% can be written as the decimal 0.3 repeating.

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