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How would I write 2 fifths as a percentage and how would I show and explain it? please help

User SBista
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well first, 2/5 is equal to 40/100 which is much easier to convert to a percentage

second percent means literally, per cent, cent meaning out of 100

so 2/5 is equal to 40%
User MrBean Bremen
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two-fifths as a percentage is 40%. Okay,so 2/5 as a fractions is equal to 40/100 which is 40%. 
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