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Determine whether each statement is true or false.
l. When converting decimal notation to percent notation. move the decimal point two places to the right and write a percent symbol.
Whether the statement “when converting decimal notation to percent notation, move the decimal point two place to the right and write a percent symbol” is true or not.
Answer to Problem 1MC
The given statement is true.
Explanation of Solution
Formula used:
The percent notaion of a decimal number n can be converted as
Description:
The percent notation of the number 0.0a can be obtain as follows.
That is,
Here, the decimal point moved 2 places to the right so that it falls after a.
Thus, the percent notation of 0.0a is a%.
Thus, when converting decimal notation to percent notation, move the decimal point two place to the right and write a percent symbol.
Hence, the given statement is true.
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