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AA ratio whose denominator is 100
BA ratio whose numerator is 100
CAny fraction greater than 1
DA decimal with exactly two digits
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A ratio whose denominator is 100
1. The word percent literally means per hundred.
2. A percent expresses a quantity as a ratio out of 100.
3. A percent is a ratio whose denominator is 100.
4. It is not defined by having 100 as the numerator, by always being greater than 1, or by having exactly two decimal digits.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Percents", section 6.1 Understand Percent_
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