Answer: [tex]\frac{1}{8}[/tex] is the simplified fraction form of 12 1/2% as a fraction
Step-by-step explanation:
To find [tex]12\frac{1}{2}[/tex] % as a fraction, let's first simplify the mixed fraction [tex]12\frac{1}{2}[/tex]
[tex]12\frac{1}{2}[/tex] = 12 * 0.5 (Since [tex]\\\frac{1}{2}[/tex] is equal to 0.5 )
12 * 0.5 = 12.5
Now we can take [tex]12\frac{1}{2}[/tex] % as 12.5% which is nothing but:
[tex]\frac{12.5}{100}[/tex] this can be further simplified:
[tex]\frac{12.5*10}{1000*10}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{125}{1000}[/tex]
The fraction, [tex]\frac{125}{1000}[/tex] can be divided by 5 in both the numerator and denominator
Giving us, [tex]\frac{25}{200}[/tex]
This can be further divided by 5 just like the earlier step
Giving us, [tex]\frac{5}{40}[/tex] and then again repeating the step,
Finally resulting in [tex]\frac{1}{8}[/tex]
