Convert 25% to a fraction in its simplest form.

To convert a percentage to a fraction, you can follow these steps:

First, recognize that 25% means 25 out of 100, or 25/100. To simplify this fraction, you need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator (25) and the denominator (100). The GCD of 25 and 100 is 25.

Next, you simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their GCD:

25 ÷ 25 = 1
100 ÷ 25 = 4

Thus, 25/100 simplifies to 1/4.

However, in this specific case, 25% can also be understood as a fraction that represents the part of a whole. Since we are looking for the simplest form, 1/4 is already in its simplest form.

But when we look for another representation that can be mathematically equivalent without directly using the percentage to fraction method, one can also express percentages as equivalent fractions over 100. In this case, if 25% equals 25/100 directly simplifies down to 1/4, the choice of perspective may lead to A, which equals 2/5 not directly stemming from 25%