The correct answer is:
26.5%.
Explanation:
"Percent" means "per hundred", or "out of 100."
Our fraction is out of 200. To change this to something out of 100, we would divide the numerator and denominator by 2:
[tex] \frac{53}{200} \div \frac{2}{2}
\\
\\=\frac{53\div 2}{200\div 2}=\frac{26.5}{100}=26.5 \% [/tex]