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Question 1012764: 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.
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?"
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.
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!!!!!!
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Timnewman:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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?"
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Let the total number of votes cast be "x"::
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Equation:
0.40x = 76
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x = 76/0.4 = 7600/4 = 190
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by Timnewman(323)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi dear,
let the number of vote cast be x
If he recieved 76volt that ws 40% of the total,then
we can say that 76=40% of x
then,
multiply out and get
40x=7600
divide bothside by 40 and get
x=7600/40
x=190
the total number of vot cast was 190.
HOPE THIS HELPS?
Best regards,
TIMNEWMAN
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