SOLUTION: Diane received 300 votes in the election for student council president.That was 60% of the the students who voted in the election.How many students voted in the election? Use a dou

Question 1101596: Diane received 300 votes in the election for student council president.That was 60% of the the students who voted in the election.How many students voted in the election? Use a double number line in your explanation.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Diane received 300 votes in the election for student council president.That was 60% of the the students who voted in the election.How many students voted in the election? Use a double number line in your explanation.
----------------------
Equation::
0.6x = 300
x = 300/0.6 = 3000/6 = 500 (# of students)
------------------------------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
-----------
RELATED QUESTIONS
Mario received 15% of the votes for class president. He got 45 votes. How many people... (answered by josmiceli)

In a student election, 584 students voted for one or the other of two candidates for... (answered by richwmiller)

In a recent election, the ratio of students who voted for the winner to all the students... (answered by Fombitz)

Brad and Alice were both running for student government president. One hundred... (answered by josmiceli)

In the student council election, one student received 90 of the 200 votes. What percent... (answered by ewatrrr)

In the last election, Tara received 45% of the votes cast. Her only opponent,... (answered by checkley77)

In a student council election 80% of the students voted if there are 990 students in the... (answered by Fombitz)

In the student council election Alexis received 58 more votes than Courtney. Together... (answered by rfer)

In Mr. Hoolihan�s class, every student voted once for class president. Vonda received 10% (answered by richwmiller)