A decimal number is simply a way of representing a number in such a way that the place value of each digit is ten times that of the digit to its right. A decimal representation does not require a decimal point. So the required decimal representation is 26, exactly as in the question.
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The decimal form of that would be 0.50. To find this, all you have to do is take 13 an divide it by 26, as the fraction looks. This will be true for converting any fraction into a decimal.
Expressed as a decimal fraction, 6/26 is equal to 0.230769 recurring (that is, 0.230769230769...)
8 and 26 hundredths as a decimal is 8.26 - as can be quickly understood when it is written as a fraction... 8 26/100
26/50 = 52/100 = 0.52
26/52 = 1/2 = 0.5 = 50%