Question

A survey of buildings was conducted in the village A and the village B. It was found that 75 buildings out of 250 buildings of the village A were in bad condition and 50 buildings out of 150 buildings of the village B were in bad condition. Out of the two villages, in which village were greater proportion of the buildings in bad condition?

Answer 1

Answer:

in village A the proportion is 30 percent or 3 out of 10

and in village B the proportion is 33.33 percent

or 3.33 out of 10

so in village B the proportion of bad condition buildings is greater