A company spent 32% of its annual budget developing a new machine. What fraction of the company's budget was spent developing the new machine?

Dan Barowy asked Aug 15, 2023

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Dan Barowy asked Aug 15, 2023

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A percentage by definition means out of a hundred.

Anything out of a percent is anything out of a hundred.

In this case it’s 32 percent.

It’s just 32/100

When simplified you’d get 8/25

Teknix answered Aug 22, 2023

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