Question

A recent report indicated that 16 2/3% of all residents of a state did not have health insurance. What fraction of residents were uninsured?

Answer 1

The fraction of the residents were insecured were,

$\begin{gathered} \frac{16\frac{2}{3}}{100}=\frac{\frac{50}{3}}{100} \\ =\frac{50}{300} \\ =\frac{1}{6} \end{gathered}$

Thus, the required fraction is 1/6.