An office building downtown has 8 square windows and 17 rectangular windows. Which shows the ratio of the number of square windows to the total number of windows represented as a rational number?


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The ratio of the number of square windows to the total number of windows represented as a rational number is [tex]\frac{8}{17}[/tex].

The ratio of an amount a to another amount b is given by:

[tex]r = \frac{a}{b}[/tex]

  • A fraction is a rational number.

In this problem, there are:

  • 8 square windows.
  • 17 rectangular windows.

Hence, the ratio is:

[tex]r = \frac{8}{17}[/tex]

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