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]
In this problem, there are:
Hence, the ratio is:
[tex]r = \frac{8}{17}[/tex]
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