Recall the process to convert a mixed decimal percent to a fraction. First remove the percent sign, convert to an improper fraction, then multiply by  1/10  and reduce the resulting fraction to lowest terms. We can rewrite 87.5 as  87 5/10  and reduce the fraction to lowest terms. 87.5  =  87 5/ 10       =  87

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Recall the process to convert a mixed decimal percent to a fraction. First remove the percent sign, convert to an improper fraction, then multiply by 
1/10
 and reduce the resulting fraction to lowest terms.
We can rewrite 87.5 as 
87 5/10
 and reduce the fraction to lowest terms.
87.5  =  87
5/
10
 
 
   =  87
 
 
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