How do you convert 1/12 into a decimal and percent?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Lets do it the other way round and determine the % first.
% is like a unit of measurement and is worth
So
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Initial condition
First divide it by 12 to make 1 then multiply by 100 to make 100.
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To maintain proportionality what you do to the bottom you do to the top (for multiply of divide).
Multiply top and bottom by
Initial condition
So we have
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We have
The 3's repeat for ever and a way of writing this is:
where the bar over the last 3 means that it is repeated for ever.