Question

Your friend says that 14.5% is equivilent to 14.5

Answer 1

14.5% is not equivilent to 14.5 because 14.5% is a part of the whole 1 or 100%. 14.5 is greater than one so that is incorrect.

To find the equivilent you divide the percent by 100 since it is part of 100 and it is a fraction of 14.5/100.

14.5/100 is 0.145 which is the equivilent.

Answer 2

That statement is incorrect. When writing a percentage as a decimal, the decimal point goes before the tens place, like so: .145