Question

What is 45 1/2% as a fraction in simplest form?

Answer 1

 For this case we have the following expression:
 45 1/2%
 Rewriting in decimal form we have:
 45.5%
 Then, the percentage in its numerical and decimal form is:
 $45.5 * (1/100) = 0.455$
 We now write the decimal in the form of a fraction.
 We have then:
 $0.455 * (1000/1000) = 455/1000$
 Simplifying the fraction we have:
 $(455/1000) * ((1/5) / (1/5)) = 91/200$
 Answer:
 The expression given in the form of fraction is:
 91/200