Question

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In 2017, an IT company earned $15 million selling software and $8 million selling services. What is the ratio of the
amount of money made from selling services to the company's total profit in 2017?
A. 15/23
B. 8/15
C.8/23
D.15/8
E.23/8

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  C.  8/23

Step-by-step explanation:

The total from the two categories is ...

  total = software + services = 15 + 8 = 23 . . . millions

Then the desired ratio is ...

  services / total = 8 / 23 . . . . matches choice C