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A percentage is just a way of saying "out of 100". So 5% is just like saying 5 out of 100. To turn it into a fraction just put the 100 below it, like this: 5/100. Now this can be reduced since both 5 and 100 are divisible by 5, so the reduced fraction would be: 1/20.

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