Question

During his workout, Elan spent 28% of the time on the treadmill. What fraction of his workout was on the treadmill?

Answer 1

A percent always mean something out of a 100. So, you write - 28/100. This ca be so pied further by 2. So, then the fractions becomes - 14/50. This cane further be simplified by 2, so the fraction is 7/25. And that is your final answer.

Answer 2

Answer:
`(7)/(25)`

Explanation:

Given : During his workout, Elan spent 28% of the time on the treadmill.

We know that to convert percentage into fraction , we divide it by 100.

Thus ,
`28\%=(28)/(100)`

Now to reduce it into lowest term , divide numerator and denominator by 4, we get

`(28)/(100)=(7)/(25)`

Hence, the fraction of his workout was on the treadmill =
`(7)/(25)`