When a rectangle is divided into 10 equal parts, each part is known as one tenth or 1/10.
In this rectangle, there are ten equal squares and so each square is one tenth of the rectangle.
This rectangle has 3 tenths or 3/10 shaded and 7 tenths or 7/10 unshaded.
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