What is 3/8 as a percentage

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Guest Mar 26, 2017

hectictar · Answer 1 · 2017-03-26T02:32:19

\(\frac38=\frac{x}{100}\)

Now just solve for x.

\(\frac{3(100)}{8}=x \\~\\ \frac{300}{8}=x\)

37.5 %

Guest · Answer 2 · 2017-03-26T03:36:19

Or you can do this:

We know that 1/4=25% or 0.25, so 1/8 is 25%/2 which equals 12.5% or 0.125. Multiply this by 3 to get 0.375 or 37.5%. Both ways get accurate answers.