Chapter 6, Problem 332RE

Understand Percent In the following exercises, write each percent as a ratio.

32% admission rate for the university

To determine

The percent as a ratio.

Answer to Problem 332RE

  $\frac{32}{100}$

Explanation of Solution

Given:

32% admission rate for the university

Calculation:

Consider the given percent:

32% admission rate for the university

32% is the admission rate for the university that means 32 out of every 100 is the admission rate for the university.

Writing percent as a ratio by putting 32 in the numerator and 100 in the denominator,

  $\frac{32}{100}$

Thus, the ratio is $\frac{32}{100}$ .