Question

Express the following percent into lowest term : 12.5%: options- a)1/8 b)1/4 c)1/12

Answer 1

Answer:

$A\colon\text{ }\frac{1}{8}$

Explanation:

Here, we want to express the given percentage as a fraction

What we have to do here is just to divide the percentage by 100

Mathematically, we have this as follows:

$12.5\text{ \% = }\frac{12.5}{100}\text{ = }\frac{1}{8}$