Question

The table is shows the fraction of the votes that each candidate received. If 230 students voted, how many students voted for each candidate

Answer 1

Nyemi

147 students

Luke

69

Natalie

23

Answer 2

156 students voted for Nyemi,78 students voted for Luke,26 students voted for Natalie

Explanation:

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the fraction of votes indicates a proportion of the votes received with respect to the possible votes, for example for luke: 3 out of ten votes went to him, the easiest way to find the total number of students is to make the product of the fraction by the total number of students,

Number of votes=total students*fraction of votes

Step 1

Nyemi

`Number\ of\ votes=total\ students*fraction\ of\ votes\\Number\ of\ votes=260*(3)/(5) \\Number\ of\ votes=(780)/(5) \\Number\ of\ votes=156\\`

156 students voted for Nyemi

Step 2

Luke

`Number\ of\ votes=total\ students*fraction\ of\ votes\\Number\ of\ votes=260*(3)/(10) \\Number\ of\ votes=(780)/(10) \\Number\ of\ votes=78\\`

78 students voted for Luke

Step 3

Natalie

`Number\ of\ votes=total\ students*fraction\ of\ votes\\Number\ of\ votes=260*(1)/(10) \\Number\ of\ votes=(260)/(10) \\Number\ of\ votes=26\\`

26 students voted for Natalie

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