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An online bookstore sells 0.8% of its books to foreign customers what fraction of the books or so to foreign customers

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Move two decimals to the left to turn the percent to decimal
0.8% = .008
.008 = eight thousandths = 8/1000 aka 8 over 1000 or 1/125(simplified)

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The fraction of books that were sold by the online bookstore to foreign customers is equal to \(\frac{8B}{100}\).

  • Let the total number of books sold be B.

Given the following data:

  • Percentage of books sold = 0.8%

To determine the fraction of books that were sold by the online bookstore to foreign customers:

In Mathematics, a fraction can be defined as a numerical quantity that isn't a whole number.  Thus, a fraction is simply a part of a whole number.

First of all, we would convert the percentage of books sold in decimal to fraction.

Conversion:

0.8% = \(= \frac{8}{100}\)

Next, we would multiply the total number of books sold by this fraction:

\(Fraction\;sold =\frac{8}{100} \times B\\\\Fraction\;sold =\frac{8B}{100}\)

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