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How to turn 1/5 into and percentage and show how you did it

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percentages are .so you are turning 1/5 to x out of 100. we can do this many way; I will be doing a ratio. of 1:5tox:100we can see that 5 times 20 equals 100, therefore, 1 time 20 would equal x.so 20/100 is equal to 1/5.

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Explanation:

percentages are usually out of 100.

so you are turning 1/5 to x out of 100.

we can do thismany ways; i will be doing a ratio.

1:5

to

x:100

we can see that 5 times 20 equals 100, therefore, 1 times 20 would equal x.

so 20/100 is equal to 1/5.

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