Given:
Percentage of aspirin use to prevent heart disease = 40%
Required: Convert 40% to decimal.
Explanation:
Divide a percent by 100 and remove the percent sign to convert from a percent to a decimal.
[tex]\begin{gathered} 40\%=\frac{40}{100} \\ =0.40 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Final Answer: 40%
