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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?

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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.

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