Question

A recent report indicated that a certain state had the lowest percentage of residents with no health insurance at 8 %, Express the percent as a decimal.48% = 11 (Type an integer or a decimal)

Answer 1

Solution:

To express x% as a decimal , we have

$x\%=\frac{x}{100}=(x\times0.01)$

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

$\begin{gathered} 8\%=\frac{8}{100}=8\times0.01 \\ =0.08 \end{gathered}$

Hence, as a decimal, we have

$0.08$