Question

10 points if someone gets right

Sam believes that 1/2 % is equivalent to 50%. Is he correct? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Explanation:

just ignore the % sign and answer :

is 1/2 equivalent to 50 ? yes or no ?

no, of course.

1/2 = 0.5

50 = 50

clearly they are different.

Sam is confused, because 50% = 1/2 = 0.5.

but 50% is NOT 1/2%

1/2% is half of 1%, which by itself is 1/50 of 50%.

1/2% = 1/50/2 of 50% = 1/100 of 50% =

= 0.01 × 0.5 = 0.005