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What is 0.2% as a decimal and a fraction

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The correct answers are 0.002 and 1/500. Explanation: Percents are out of 100, which means 0.2%=0.2/100. To write this as a decimal, we divide 0.2 by 100; this is the same as moving the decimal 2 places to the left, so we get 0.002. To write this as a fraction, we need to first move the decimal one