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What part of 40 is 16? *not precent

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By definition of ratios, if you consider 16 elements out of a total of 40 elements, you are considering the 16/40 of the total.

You may simplify this ratio, since both numerator and denominator are multiple of 8:


(16)/(40) = (2\cdot 8)/(5\cdot 8) = (5)/(8)

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