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Write 0.6% as a fraction in simplest form.

User DavidHyogo
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Answer:

3/500

Explanation:

Percent means

per hundred.

So we have the following.

0.6%=0.6 per hundred = 0.6/100

We next need to rewrite 0.6/100 so that is doesn't have a decimal in the numerator.

To do this, we multiply it by 10/10, which equals 1.

0.6/100 = 0.6/100 x 10/10 = 6/1000

(Note that we do not try to cancel when doing the multiplication.)

Our answer must be written in simplest form.

This fraction has a denominator of 1000.

So we can simplify it by focusing only on the factors 2 and 5.

In this case, we can divide both the numerator and denominator be 2.

6/1000 = 6 ÷ 2/1000 ÷ 2 = 3/500

We cannot use 2 or 5 to simplify further. So 3/500 is in simplest form.

So the answer is 3/500.

User Jamiedanq
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Answer:


(3)/(5)

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