Question

Maria incorrectly placed the decimalpoint when she wrote 0.65 inch for thewidth of her tablet computer. What is thecorrect decimal number for the width?

Answer 1

Given data:

The given percentage is a=1/4 %.

The given percentage can be wrritten as,

`\begin{gathered} a=(1)/(4)(\text{percentage)} \\ =(1)/(4)*(1)/(100) \\ =0.0025 \end{gathered}`

Thus, the given number correctly express as 0.0025, and reporter found decimmal form of 1/4 instead of 1/4 %.