document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012764>Question 1012764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My school is one of the best in the United states and we are advanced. I am in 6th grade and we are doing algebra. We use a website called Edmodo and in the website we have \"Snapshots\". I tried solving a question but it was a little difficult.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question: \"In a school election, Jared received 76 votes, which was 40% of the total number of votes cast. What was the total number of votes cast?\" \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I did: It was a multiple choice so I thought for a while and then I figured out that we needed 60% more to get to 100%. Since 40% is only 20% away from 60% I got 20% from 76 which was 15.2 so I added that to 76 and I got 91.2 as an answer. Then what I did was that since the 60% was 91.2 I added 91.2 + 76 which equals 167.2 but that answer was wrong so I was really confused.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am sorry if my school had the best education where i live, yet their questions are a bit, eh, complicated I'll say. I hope it's not too much to ask for!!!!!!  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #628817 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=628817\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Question: \"In a school election, Jared received 76 votes, which was 40% of the total number of votes cast. What was the total number of votes cast?\" <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the total number of votes cast be \"x\"::<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.40x = 76<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 76/0.4 = 7600/4 = 190 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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