If you purchase a boom box advertised for 15% off, what fraction is this reduction? Use the “/ ” as a fraction bar.

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anonymous · Answer

please helpp

anonymous · Answer

I am trying to decide if this question asking for 15% to be written as a fraction or the fraction expression of the original price

anonymous · Answer

15% as a fraction

anonymous · Answer

in either case

15% is equivalent to 3/20

just write 15/100 and reduce

anonymous · Answer

8 students out of 20 scored an A on a test. What percent of students scored an A?

anonymous · Answer

40%

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What percent of voters are independents if 3 out of every 40 voters are registered as an independent?

anonymous · Answer

and how are you getting these answers

anonymous · Answer

well 8/20 =0.4 in decimal form,

to convert to a percentage multiply by 100 and add the % sign

anonymous · Answer

so 3/40 =? in decimal

anonymous · Answer

how do you change it into a decimal?