Question

How do you convert 3/50 to decimal and percentage?

Answer 1

See explanation.

Explanation:

A decimal is any fraction which denominator is a power of `10`. So to convert a fraction to a decimal you look for a number to which you can expand or reduce the fraction.

`3/50` can easily be converted to a fraction with the denominator of `100`.

`3/50=(3*color(red)(2))/(50*color(red)(2))=6/100`

This fraction can easily be written as a decimal or percentage:

`6/100=0.06=6%`