Question

in a town election, 5985 people voted. this is 63% of the town's population who are registered to vote. How many people are registered to vote?

Answer 1

9500

Explanation:

If r represents the number of registered voters, we are given that ...

5985 = 0.63·r

r = 5985/0.63 = 9500

9500 people are registered to vote.