document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1203470>Question 1203470</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A college is trying to determine a nickname for its sports<BR>\n" );
document.write( "teams, and 4 different nicknames have been proposed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 4,783 people are all going to vote, and the nickname that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "receives the highest number of votes will win.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the smallest number of votes that a nickname could<BR>\n" );
document.write( "receive and be declared the winner?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I did was divide 4783/4 and I got 1195.75 and I rounded up so therefore it is 1196. My teacher has the correct answer listed as 1197. What did I do wrong?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You divided the total of 4783 by 4 and got 1195.75, or 1195 3/4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The \"3/4\" tells you that, for the votes to be distributed as evenly as possible, the votes for the four nicknames would be 1196, 1196, 1196, and 1195.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But that distribution of the votes does not produce a winner.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the smallest number of votes that will produce a winner is 1197.<br><BR>\n" );
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