Question

What is 22.5% written as a fraction in simplest form?

Answer 1

225/1000 = 45/200 = 9/40
Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

x% = x/100

So

22.5% =
`\sf{(22.5)/(100)}`

Multiply 2 on both sides:


`\sf{(22.5*2)/(100*2)=(45)/(200)}`

Divide by 5 on both sides:


`\sf{(45/5)/(200/5)=(9)/(40)}`

So your final answer is
`\boxed{\sf{(9)/(40)}}`