Percentages, SM-Bank 043

Express the shaded area above as:

a fraction of the total area, in simplest form. (1 mark)

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a percentage of the total area. (1 mark)

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a. \(\dfrac{2}{5}\)

b. \(40\%\)

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a. \(\text{Fraction of total area}\)

\(=\dfrac{4}{10}=\dfrac{2}{5}\)

b. \(\text{Percentage of total area}\)

\(=\dfrac{4}{10}\times 100=40\%\)