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Explain the difference between 331/3% and 33%

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1/3 and 33.3 percent are nearly equivalent. 1/3 is actually equal to 33.33333333% (with never ending 3s at the end), so 1/3 is slightly greater than 33.3% (which has only one 3 after the decimal place).
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