Question

When the lights go out at the store at night there's a 15% off sign hanging out by the make up counter what is a number as a decimal and a fraction in simplest form

Answer 1

As per the given statement: when the lights go out at the store at night there's a 15% off sign hanging out by the make up counter.

To find the number as a decimal and a fraction in simplest form.

Given the Number = 15%.

If we convert any number from percent to decimal divide by 100 and remove the % sign.

`(15)/(100) = 0.15`

Then the given number in decimal is, 0.15

Now, to convert this percent into fraction;

`(15)/(100)`

Divide both numerator and denominator by 5 to get;

`((15)/(5) )/((100)/(5) ) = (3)/(20)`

Therefore, the given number in fraction is;
`(3)/(20)`