What is 15.5 percent as a fraction in simplest form as a decimal?

To convert 15.5 percent to a fraction, you start by writing it as ( \frac{15.5}{100} ). To eliminate the decimal, multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10, resulting in ( \frac{155}{1000} ). Simplifying this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5 gives ( \frac{31}{200} ). As a decimal, 15.5 percent is 0.155.