Question

Write the number in 2 equivalent forms as a fraction, decimal, or percent. 0.38 What is the equivalent fraction? (Type a whole number or a fraction.) Enter your answer in the answer box and then

Answer 1

The number 0.38 is equivalent to the fraction 19/50 after simplifying 38/100, and it is also equivalent to 38% when the decimal is multiplied by 100.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number 0.38 can be expressed in two equivalent forms as a fraction or as a percent. To convert the decimal 0.38 to a fraction, you would imagine 0.38 as 38 hundredths, which is 38/100. This can be simplified by dividing both numerator and denominator by 2, giving us the equivalent fraction 19/50.

Further, to convert the decimal 0.38 to a percent, we multiply it by 100. Moving the decimal point two places to the right (which is equivalent to multiplying by 100), we get 38% as the equivalent percent.