Question

Maria incorrectly placed the decimalpoint when she wrote 0.65 inch for thewidth of her tablet computer. What is thecorrect decimal number for the width?

Answer 1

Given data:

The given percentage is a=1/4 %.

The given percentage can be wrritten as,

$\begin{gathered} a=\frac{1}{4}(\text{percentage)} \\ =\frac{1}{4}\times\frac{1}{100} \\ =0.0025 \end{gathered}$

Thus, the given number correctly express as 0.0025, and reporter found decimmal form of 1/4 instead of 1/4 %.