How do you write .24 in percent form?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-30T10:39:42

#0.24=24%#

A fraction #x=a/b#, whether written as a ratio of two integers or written in decimal operation can be written in percentage form as

#x xx100%# or #a/bxx100%#

Hence #0.24=0.24xx100%=24%#

Answer 2 · 2016-10-04T08:57:36

24%

Another way of writing 0.24 is: #2/10+4/100#

Write as: # [2/10color(magenta)(xx1)]+4/100#

But write 1 as #10/10# giving:

#" " [2/10color(magenta)(xx10/10)]+4/100#

#" "[20/100]" "+""4/100" " =" " 24/100#

but #24/100# is another way of writing #24%#

so #0.24-=24%" "larr# The #-=# means equivalent to