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out of

English to Portuguese Art/Literary Linguistics
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I need an accurate translation for "out of" in this specific context.
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Nov 12, 2020 03:24: Mario Freitas changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"

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a cada / em cada

...dever se de 1 a cada 10 tentativas ou em cada 10 tentativas
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agree Tereza Rae : Perfeito neste contexto!
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Thank you, my friend!
agree Tatiana Elizabeth
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agree Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
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Normalmente usados em cálculos

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Note added at 7 mins (2020-10-28 14:34:18 GMT)
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Lesson 20 Section 3

"Out of"
Back to Section 1

The word 'fraction,' in everyday speech, has come to mean a part -- half, a third, a fourth, a fifth -- as in the phrase "a fraction of the students," or "3 out of 5 students." 3 out of 5, however, is strictly a ratio. 3 is three fifths of 5. We have gone into that in Lesson 18.

In this Lesson, however, we defer to the everyday use of a fraction to express "out of." Thus when 3 out of 5 respond yes, we ask, "What fraction responded yes?" It would be very wordy to ask, "What is the ratio of those who responded yes to the total number surveyed?" Yet that is what the former question means. To write a fraction -- "3/5 responded yes" -- is a stylistically unacceptable. You will never see it in any newspaper or journal. When we say it, of course, there is no problem. (That avoids for the moment the confusion that arises from the fact that the ratios -- the parts --


https://themathpage.com/Arith/fractions-2.htm
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agree Dra. Carla Vorsatz (X)
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Thanks Carla
agree Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
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