Question

Write 5.9 x 10% in decimal form.write out the answer in decimal form

Answer 1

0.59

Explanation:$\begin{gathered} \text{Given:} \\ 5.9\text{ }\times\text{ 10\%} \end{gathered}$

To write the number in decimal form, we need to convert the percent to decimal:

$\begin{gathered} 10\text{ \% = }\frac{10}{100} \\ 10\text{ \% = }\frac{1}{10} \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} 5.9\text{ }\times\text{ 10\% = 5.9 }\times\text{ }\frac{1}{10} \\ =\text{ 5.9 }\times\text{ }0.1 \\ =\text{ }0.59 \end{gathered}$