Question

Ethan surveyed 120 registered voters at random out of a total of 12,600 registered voters in town. He asked them who they planned to vote for in the upcoming election. The results of his survey conducted on Sunday are shown below.

Based on the results of this survey, what is the total number of registered voters expected to vote for Ms. Gibson in the upcoming election?

when solving can you please explain your answer:)

Answer 1

Based on the results of the survey, the total number of registered voters expected to vote for Ms. Gibson in the upcoming election are 4725 votes

Explanation:

Ms. Gibson has 45 votes of 120 votes

let Ms. Gibson vote of 12,600 be x

45 120

x 12600

cross multiply

120x = 45 x 12600

120x = 567,000

Divide all through by 120

x = 567000 / 120

x = 4725

Based on the results of the survey, the total number of registered voters expected to vote for Ms. Gibson in the upcoming election are 4725 votes