Convert this percent into a fraction. Make sure your answer is fully reduced. \[ 26 \% \]

To convert a percent into a fraction, you can follow these steps: 1. Write the percent as a fraction with a denominator of 100. For \( 26\% \), this becomes: \[ \frac{26}{100} \] 2. Next, reduce the fraction to its simplest form. To do this, find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and the denominator. The GCD of 26 and 100 is 2. 3. Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD: \[ \frac{26 \div 2}{100 \div 2} = \frac{13}{50} \] Thus, the fraction representation of \( 26\% \) in its simplest form is: \[ \frac{13}{50} \]