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Convert 63.5 percent
to a simplied fraction

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Final answer:

To convert 63.5 percent to a simplified fraction, divide it by 100 and simplify the resulting fraction to its lowest terms.


Step-by-step explanation:

To convert a percentage to a simplified fraction, divide the percentage by 100 and simplify the resulting fraction.

For 63.5 percent, we divide 63.5 by 100 to get 0.635. This decimal can be expressed as a fraction by writing it as a fraction with a denominator of 1. Multiplying both the numerator and denominator by 1000 to eliminate the decimal point gives us 635/1000. Finally, simplifying this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 5, we get 127/200 as the simplified fraction.


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