Question

Express the following percent into lowest term : 12.5%: options- a)1/8 b)1/4 c)1/12

Answer 1

`A\colon\text{ }(1)/(8)`

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to express the given percentage as a fraction

What we have to do here is just to divide the percentage by 100

Mathematically, we have this as follows:

`12.5\text{ \% = }(12.5)/(100)\text{ = }(1)/(8)`