SOLUTION: Every member of a high school class of 150 students was polled to see whom they would vote for in the election for student body president. The poll results are shown below.
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Question 1109253: Every member of a high school class of 150 students was polled to see whom they would vote for in the election for student body president. The poll results are shown below.
Candidate 1 46%
Candidate 2 30%
Undecided 24%
If half of the undecided voters vote for Candidate 1 and the other half vote for Candidate 2, which of the following is the number of votes Candidate 2 will receive?
A. 45
B. 63
C. 69
D.0.8
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Candidate 1 is favored by 150*0.46=69
Candidate 2 is favored by 45
Undecided are 36
Half each way gives a result of 87 to 63
B.
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