Question

A candidate took a phone poll of 114 people and found that 87 said they would vote for the other person.There are 9918 people in the district. About how many people are going to vote for the other candidate?

Answer 1

Your answer is 7569 people hopefully this helps!

Answer 2

87 / 114 = x / 9918....87 people to 114 = x people to 9918
cross multiply
(114)9x) = (87)(9918)
114x = 862866
x = 862866/114
x = 7569 <===