Converting percentage into a decimal.
$8.5 %$

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Solution

Conversion of percentage into decimal
To convert a percentage into fraction, we divide it by $100$
Therefore,
$8.5 %$ $= \frac{8.5}{100}$
Now, when dividing a number by $100$ , move the decimal place two places to the left.
$\Rightarrow \frac{8.5}{100} = 0.085$
Hence, $8.5 %$ $= 0.085$

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