Question

Suppose that five in eight couples disagree on a particular matter.What percent of couples disagree on the matter

Answer 1

62.5 percent

Explanation:

Answer 2

62.5%

Explanation:

Notice that the rate of 5 out of 8 couples, can be also written in quotient form (to actually represent a rate) as: 5/8

That quotient gives us a number that can be written in percent form by multiplying it by 100:

`(5)/(8)= 0.625\\0.625\,*\,100=62.5`

Therefore this rate is equivalent to 62.5%