First, we need to see what 0.82 is as a fraction, regardless of it being simplified or not. To do this, we can just place it over 100 (because the decimal goes to the hundredths place). Once we have 82/100, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by 2 to get 41/50, which is the simplest form of this fraction.
Therefore, 0.82 is 41/50 as a simplified fraction.