SOLUTION: 10. In the general election, Maureen Johnson got 22,016 votes, which was 43% of all the votes cast. a) If Anthony Jones got 19,968 votes, what percentage of the people voted for

Question 836134: 10. In the general election, Maureen Johnson got 22,016 votes, which was 43% of all the votes
cast.
a) If Anthony Jones got 19,968 votes, what percentage of the people voted for him?
b) If John Parry got 8% of the vote, how many people voted for him?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
divide 22,016 by .43 and you get the number of people who voted.
that number is equal to 51,200.
take 19,968 and divide it by 51,200 and you get .39 which means that 39% of the people voted for anthony.
take 8^% of 51,200 which is equal to .08 * 51,200 which is equal to 4,096.
that's the number of people who voted for john.
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