Basic College Mathematics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Percent - 6.2 Percents and Fractions - 6.2 Exercises - Page 399: 70

Answer

$\frac{1}{5}=20\%=0.20$ $\frac{1}{3}=33.\bar3\%=0.3\bar3$ $\frac{1}{4}=25\%=0.25$ $\frac{1}{2}=50\%=0.5$ $\frac{2}{3}=66.\bar6\%=0.6\bar6$

Work Step by Step

Here are 5 examples of common fractions with their decimal/percent equivalents: $\frac{1}{5}=20\%=0.20$ $\frac{1}{3}=33.\bar3\%=0.3\bar3$ $\frac{1}{4}=25\%=0.25$ $\frac{1}{2}=50\%=0.5$ $\frac{2}{3}=66.\bar6\%=0.6\bar6$ Many other answers are possible. See the table at the end of this section in the text for more examples.
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