Question

How do you write 65% as a fraction in simplest form?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 65% can be written as `65/100`.

To simplify `65/100` we can factor as follows:

`(5 xx 13)/(5 xx 20)`

We can now cancel common terms in the numerator and denominator:

`(5 xx 13)/(5 xx 20) = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(5))) xx 13)/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(5))) xx 20) => 13/20`