Question

Garth got 117 votes in the class election. 240 people voted. What percent of all the votes did he get? Which equation does NOT represent the percent of the votes that Garth got?

Answer 1

48.75 percent did not represent him.

Answer 2

We know that Garth got 117 votes of a total of 240 votes.

if 240 represents 100%, then 117 represents the:

117/240*100% = 0.4875*100% = 48.75%

So Garth got 48.75% of the votes.

The votes that Garth did not get re 240 - 117= 123

So the equation that does not represent the percent of the votes that Garth got is:

123/240*100% = 51.25%