Question

Factories and other industrial users account for about 23/50 of the total water usage in the United States. Which of the following show that amount as a percent and decimal.

Answer 1

23/50 you want the denominator to be 100 so you multiply both by 2

then you get 

46/100 or you can divide and get  .46
to turn it to a percentage multiple by 100

.46 and 46%