Question

A recent report indicated that 16 2/3% of all residents of a state did not have health insurance. What fraction of residents were uninsured?

Answer 1

The fraction of the residents were insecured were,

`\begin{gathered} (16(2)/(3))/(100)=((50)/(3))/(100) \\ =(50)/(300) \\ =(1)/(6) \end{gathered}`

Thus, the required fraction is 1/6.