A building has two sizes of apartments, small and regular. The ratio of small apartments to regular apartments is 17 to 3. What percent of apartments in the building are small?

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A building has two sizes of apartments, small and regular. The ratio of small apartments to regular apartments is 17 to 3. What percent of apartments in the building are small?

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Answer:

85%

Explanation:

small : large = 17 : 3

this means that 17 out of 20 are small

17/20 = 85/100, which is 85%

Hilory answered Jul 17, 2022

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