The picture shows the blue and white tiles of an outdoor patio.
A pattern of five by five square tiles is shown. The tiles on the border of all four sides are white. The nine tiles in the middle are blue.
What percent of the tiles are blue? Explain.
Select the answers from the drop-down lists to correctly complete the sentences.
The percent of the tiles that are blue is
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I wrote the ratio of blue tiles to total tiles as
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