Question

wht fraction is equivalent to 18.75%

Answer 1

To convert a percentage to a fraction, you can follow these steps:

1. Write the percentage as a fraction over 100:
\[
18.75\% = \frac{18.75}{100}
\]

2. To eliminate the decimal, multiply the numerator and denominator by 100:
\[
\frac{18.75 \times 100}{100 \times 100} = \frac{1875}{10000}
\]

3. Now simplify the fraction \(\frac{1875}{10000}\). Both the numerator and the denominator can be divided by 125:
\[
\frac{1875 \div 125}{10000 \div 125} = \frac{15}{80}
\]

4. Simplifying \(\frac{15}{80}\) further by dividing both by 5 gives:
\[
\frac{15 \div 5}{80 \div 5} = \frac{3}{16}
\]

Thus, the fraction equivalent to 18.75% is:
\[
\frac{3}{16}
\]