Question 1012764
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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