Question

A house was purchased, renovated, and sold for 170% of what it was originally purchased it for. Write this percent as a fraction in simplest form. (I need help setting it up..)​

Answer 1

Okay so we go backwards, first, we take it to a decimal. 1.7 then we convert it into a fraction 17/10. Lastly, we simplify. The answer is 1 7/10