Question

An office building downtown has 8 square windows and 17 rectangular windows. Which shows the ratio of the number of square windows to the total number of windows represented as a rational number?
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Answer 1

The ratio of the number of square windows to the total number of windows represented as a rational number is $\frac{8}{17}$.

The ratio of an amount a to another amount b is given by:

$r = \frac{a}{b}$

• A fraction is a rational number.

In this problem, there are:

• 8 square windows.

• 17 rectangular windows.

Hence, the ratio is:

$r = \frac{8}{17}$

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