Rewrite 85% as a fraction in simplest form and as a decimal

85 %

85/100 - divide by 5 for the numerator and denominator

85/5= 17

100/5=20

Simplest form : 17/20

As decimal : 0.85 because of 85/100

Simplest form : 17/20

As decimal : 0.85

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for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: