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Is a 0.6% equivalent to the decimal 0.6?

User Gamalier
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no, the correct answer would be 0.006 if you were to convert 0.6% into a decimal. 
User Signus
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In order to convert percentage into decimal, we divide it by 100,
So, 0.6% = 0.006

As we can see, it is very small as compared to 0.6 So they are not equivalent

Hope this helps!
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