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There are $170$ blocks in a container. Of these blocks, $10 percent sign$ are green. How many blocks in the container are green?

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Explanation

The correct answer is $17$ . It's given that there are $170$ blocks in a container, and of these blocks, $10 percent sign$ are green. Since $10 percent sign$ can be rewritten as $StartFraction 10 Over 100 EndFraction$ , or $0.1$ , the number of green blocks in the container is $0.1 left parenthesis 170 right parenthesis$ , or $17$ .