How do you express 79.2% as a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-06T21:06:06

$79.2/100 = 0.792$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-06T21:08:28

See a solution process below:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Therefore 79.2% can be written as:

$79.2/100 => 10/10 xx 79.2/100 => (10 xx 79.2)/(10 xx 100) =>$

$792/1000 => 0.792$

A quick "cheat" is to move the decimal point 2 places to the left:

$79.2% => 0.792$

$48% = 0.48%$

$146% = 1.46$