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What is 45 1/2% as a fraction in the simplest form?

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All the % sign is is another way of denoting hundredths, so 45 1/2% and 45 1/2 hundredths are the same thing. With this knowledge, We can write it as a fraction like this:


(45 (1)/(2) )/(100)

Converting the mixed number 45 1/2 to the improper fraction 91/2, we now have:


( (91)/(2) )/(100)

Dividing a number by 100 is the same thing as multiplying it by 1/100, so we can rewrite this complex fraction as the product


(91)/(2)* (1)/(100) = (91)/(200)

91/200 is irreducible, so we have our answer.
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91/200 ninety-one over two hundred
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