In a survey, 2 out of 8 students named math as their favorite subject. Express the rate as a decimal and as a percent.
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<u><em>Answer:</em></u>
One kilometer is miles
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
<u>To convert a decimal to a fraction:</u>
1- Write the decimal as a fraction whose denominator is 1
2- Multiply both numerator and denominator by multiples of 10 to eliminate the decimal point
3- Simplify the fraction you have
<u>Now, for the given problem:</u>
<u>The given decimal is 0.62, following the above steps:</u>
<u>Step 1: </u>
<u>Step 2:</u>
We have two digits after the decimal point, so to eliminate the decimal point, we will multiply the numerator and the denominator by 100
<u>Step 3:</u>
We can note that, in the fraction obtained from step 2, both the numerator and the denominator are divisible by 2, so we simplify as follows:
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