Q. 100%−109=Enter the answer as an exact decimal or simplified fraction.
Understand Percentage Conversion: To solve this problem, we first need to understand that 100% is equivalent to the decimal 1.0 or the fraction 11. We are subtracting 109 from this value.
Perform Subtraction with Common Denominator: Now, we perform the subtraction: 1.0 (or 11) minus 109. To do this, we need to have a common denominator for the fractions. Since 1 is the same as 1010, we can rewrite the problem as 1010−109.
Simplify Resulting Fraction: Subtracting the numerators while keeping the denominator the same gives us (10−9)/10, which simplifies to 1/10.
Convert Fraction to Decimal: The fraction 101 can also be expressed as a decimal. To convert a fraction to a decimal, we divide the numerator by the denominator. So, 1 divided by 10 equals 0.1.
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