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What is 3/8 as a percentage

 Mar 26, 2017
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\(\frac38=\frac{x}{100}\)

 

Now just solve for x.

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

 

37.5 %

 Mar 26, 2017
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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.

 Mar 26, 2017
edited by Guest  Mar 26, 2017

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