Question

Express each of the following as a decimal:

$8\frac{1}{2}\%$

Answer 1

Finding the percent number in decimal form

We have,$8\frac{1}{2}\%$

To remove the percent sign, we divide it by 100

$8\frac{1}{2}\%=\frac{17}{2}\%=\frac{{\displaystyle \frac{17}{2}}}{100}=\frac{17}{2\times 100}=\frac{8.5}{100}=0.085$ (we preceded the decimal with the number of digits the number of zeroes in the denominator)

Hence, the decimal form of $8\frac{1}{2}\%$ is $0.085$