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Which of these percentages is closest in value to
7/9 ?
a. 76%
b. 77%
c. 78%
d. 79%


Sagot :

[tex] \frac{7}{9} = 0.777777777777777...[/tex]

To get a percentage, you need to first round the decimal to the hundreths place. Whenever you have a number greater than 5, you round up.
Therefore, you can round it to 0.78.
Now to get the percentage you multiply it by 100.

[tex]0.78*100 = 78[/tex]

This shows your answer is (c) 78%.
[tex] \frac{7}{9} [/tex]  [tex]0.77777..[/tex]

[tex]0.7777 [/tex] ≈ [tex]0.78[/tex]

[tex]0.78*100=78[/tex]          [tex]\boxed{->C}[/tex]

The answer is 78%