0.59
Explanation:[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Given:} \\ 5.9\text{ }\times\text{ 10\%} \end{gathered}[/tex]To write the number in decimal form, we need to convert the percent to decimal:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 10\text{ \% = }\frac{10}{100} \\ 10\text{ \% = }\frac{1}{10} \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} 5.9\text{ }\times\text{ 10\% = 5.9 }\times\text{ }\frac{1}{10} \\ =\text{ 5.9 }\times\text{ }0.1 \\ =\text{ }0.59 \end{gathered}[/tex]