Question

Question #faafa

Answer 1

The lesser quantity is 64% of the greater quantity

Explanation:

Be vary careful about ratios!

If you have a ratio of 16 to 25 you have a whole that is composed of 16 parts of one thing to 25 parts of something different in some way.

In other words; the whole is `16+25`

The 16 parts represents `16/41 ~~ 39.02% underline("of the whole")` to 2 decimal places

The 25 parts represents `25/41~~60.98% underline("of the whole")` to 2 decimal places.
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`color(blue)("Matching the % in the question")`

However, after inspection of the options, the question is really asking; as a percentage what is `16/25` and this is:

`16/25 xx 100 = 64%` So the answer is D for that context

So the lesser quantity is 64% `underline("of the greater quantity")`