How do you write #\frac { 84} { 50}# as a percent?

1 Answer
Oct 21, 2017

#168%#

Explanation:

One way of determining how to represent a fraction as a percentage is to make the denominator of the fraction #100#.

#84/50=168/100#

The next step is to multiply by #100#. Since the denominator of the fraction is already #100#, you can just write the numerator.

#168/100*100=168#

This number the percentage.

#84/50=168%#