How can you represent 1/5 as a percentage ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-25T13:18:09

#20%#

to convert into percentage we times it by #100#

so
#(1/5)*100#

simplify it

#100/5#

#cancel (100/5)# by #5#

and we get

#20/1#

which can be written as percentage and that is

#20%#