document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=700840>Question 700840</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Percentage: I don't understand this solution: In a recent town election,1860 people voted for either candidate A or candidate B for the position of supervisor. If candidate A received 55% of the votes, how many votes did candidate B recieve? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, we know that 55% of the 1860 people voted for Candidate A.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means, if there is only one other Candidate,<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that the other 45% of people voted for Candidate B.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100%-55%=45%<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, since we know there were 1860 total people,<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we simply multiply 1860 by 45% to find the actual number of votes for Candidate B:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(45%)*1860=?<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(0.45)*1860=837<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 837 people voted for Candidate B, which makes sense in this context.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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