What is 10 and 1/2%

written as a fraction in simplest form?(1 point)
Responses

10.5100
Start Fraction 10.5 over 100 End Fraction

212
Start Fraction 21 over 2 End Fraction

21200
Start Fraction 21 over 200 End Fraction

1012

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
9 hours ago

To convert 10 and 1/2% to a fraction in simplest form, you can follow these steps:

  1. First, convert 10 and 1/2% to a decimal:

    • 10 and 1/2% = 10.5% = 10.5 / 100
  2. Now express 10.5 as a fraction:

    • 10.5 = 10 + 0.5 = 10 + 1/2 = 20/2 + 1/2 = 21/2
    • Therefore, 10.5% can be written as (21/2) / 100.
  3. Convert this to a fraction:

    • (21/2) / 100 = 21/2 * 1/100 = 21/200.

So, the correct simplest form of 10 and 1/2% as a fraction is:

Start Fraction 21 over 200 End Fraction (option 3).