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Elise said that 0.2 equals 2% use numbers and words to explain her mistake
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Elise said that 0.2 equals 2% use numbers and words to explain her mistake

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.2 is equal to 20% not 2%, because .2 is two tenths
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Her mistake was she didnt move the decimal over two places only one, whick caused her to get 2%. In order for it to be correct she should have moved it two times and it would be 20%.
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