Question

Residents of Newburgh voted on whether to allow a developer to build a shopping center the number of votes in favor of the center was 4400 the number against it was 17,600 what percent of the voters were in favor of the building the shopping center.

Answer 1

the ercent of the voters were in favor of the building the shopping center = 20%


4400 = number of votes in favor of the center
17600 = number of votes against of the center
(4400+17600) number total of votes

(4400+17600) : 100 = 4400 : x

x = (100 x 4400) / 22000 = 20