How do you write $\frac{5}{6}$ $5/6$ as a percent?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-04T01:57:08

See a solution process below:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore x% can be written as $\frac{x}{100}$ $x/100$ .

Therefore we can write an equation as and solve for $x$ $x$ :

$\frac{x}{100} = \frac{5}{6}$ $x/100 = 5/6$

$100 \times \frac{x}{100} = 100 \times \frac{5}{6}$ $color(red)(100) xx x/100 = color(red)(100) xx 5/6$

$cancel(color(red)(100)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(100))) = 500/6$

$x = 83.bar3$

$5/6 = 83.bar3%$ or $83 1/3%$

Answer 2 · 2018-01-10T12:26:24

$83 1/3%" "or" " 83.3%$

Fractions, decimals and percents are all different ways of writing the same number.

The easiest one is: $1/2 = 0.5 = 0.50 = 50/100 = 50%$

$5/6$ can be written as $5 div 6$

If you do the division you will end up with a decimal:

$5/6 = 0.8333333....$

The first two decimal places represent hundredths.

$0color(blue)(.83)3333... = (color(blue)(83).333)/100 = 83.3333..%$

You can give this rounded to a chosen number of decimal places:

$83.3%" "83.33%" "83.333%$ etc

or a more accurate way is by writing the decimal part as a fraction.

$83 1/3%$

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