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Kelly said that 97/1000 can be written as 0.97. Is she correct? Explain.

User Shaobo Zi
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No, Kelly is incorrect
We can deduce this by first writing it as a percentage. 0.97=97%, which can also be expressed as 97/100 (hence, per-cent)
Therefore, we know that her answer is incorrect. The correct answer would be 0.097, or 9.7% as a percentage
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