There are 120 students trying out for the play. Only 5% of those trying out will have a speaking part. Write this percent as a fraction in its lowest terms.

5% = 5/100 = 1/20

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To write a percent as a fraction in its lowest terms, we need to divide the percent by 100 and simplify the resulting fraction.

Given that 5% of the students will have a speaking part, we can write this as 5/100.

To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD). In this case, the GCD of 5 and 100 is 5.

Dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5 gives us:

5 ÷ 5 = 1
100 ÷ 5 = 20

So, the fraction 5/100, written in its lowest terms, is 1/20.

Therefore, only 1/20 of the total number of students trying out for the play will have a speaking part.