Solution:
To express x% as a decimal , we have
[tex]x\%=\frac{x}{100}=(x\times0.01)[/tex]Given that a recent report indicated that a certain state had the lowest percentage of residents with no health insurance at 8 %, expressing the percent as a decimal, we have
[tex]\begin{gathered} 8\%=\frac{8}{100}=8\times0.01 \\ =0.08 \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, as a decimal, we have
[tex]0.08[/tex]