Question

In Australia 74% of the land cannot support agriculture. Write this percentage as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

37/50 as the simplest form.

Answer 2

Percent means out of 100. 74% would equal 74/100. But in simplest form you divide both by 2 because 2 can go into both 74 and 100. 74/2=37. 100/2=50.

So 37/50 would be your answer