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The easiest way that I have found to look at these kinds of problems is as follows:

First, we know that 87.5% is just a fancy way of writing 0.875, and we want to get rid of the decimal point and write is a fraction. To do this, we multiply it by 1000 to get 875, but we have to also divide it by 1000 to keep it the same number, so now we have:
875/1000


From here we can divide by the common factors, and in this case 5 seems to be the most obvious choice. So divide top and bottom by 5 to get:
175/200


Rinse and repeat to get:
35/40


Once more to get:
7/8


And there we have 87.5% as a fraction in lowest terms (simplest form).

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Wiki User

15y ago
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To express 87.5 percent as a fraction in simplest form, you first convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing 87.5 by 100, which equals 0.875. Next, you write 0.875 as a fraction by placing it over 1, giving you 875/1000. Finally, simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 125, which results in the simplest form of 7/8.

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1mo ago
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Well, honey, 87.5% as a fraction in simplest form is 7/8. It's as simple as that. No need to complicate things.

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