3 years ago

The metal in a penny is worth about 0.505 cents. How many cents is this written as a fraction in simplest form?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Illusion [34]3 years ago

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Answer:

101/200

Step-by-step explanation:

Take the decimal out an put the number over 1000.

= 505/1000

Find a common denominator

505/5 = 101

1000/5 = 200

Reduce

505/1000 = 101/200

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