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Question 632267: can you help me solve this word problem
maya received 27 of 78 votes for class president.About what percentage of the votes did she get?

Answer by Maths68(1474) About Me  (Show Source):
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Percentage of votes = (27/78)*(100)
Percentage of votes = (2700/78)
Percentage of votes = 34.61%
She got 34.61% of votes.