Question

Amy's dog sleeps for 12 hours each night. She wants to know what percentage of the day he sleeps.

Can you write it fraction form first, then changing it into percent form.

Answer 1

`(1)/(2)`

50%

Explanation:

There are 24 hours in a day and 12 of them Amy's dog sleeps so we can write a fraction like this

`(12)/(24)`

Simplify

`(1)/(2)`

Now to find percentage we have to make the denominator 100 and since 100 is 50 times 2 we multiply the numerator by 50 too

`(50)/(100)`

And now we take the numerator and put a percent next to it

50%

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