Question

The part of a shipment of light bulbs that arrives undamaged is represented by 0.95. which fraction represents that part of the shipment?

Answer 1

It is 95/100 ........

Answer 2

The fraction that represents that part of the shipment is
`(95)/(100)`.

Explanation:

To make the conversion of a decimal value to a fraction, we can multiply both multiply and divide by 10 until we get a fraction in which both the numerator and the denominator are integer values.

So

`0.95*(10)/(10) = (9.5)/(10) = (9.5)/(10)*(10)/(10) = (95)/(100)`

The fraction that represents that part of the shipment is
`(95)/(100)`.