Question

The mayor of a town receives 75% of the votes in a town election. If 680 people voted, how many votes did the mayor receive? 360420450480510

Answer 1

First you need to put everything as 1 unit. I'll convert both to fractions for now.
75% = 3/4

680/1 * 3/4

Cross Multiply

2040/4

Simplify

510

The mayor received 510 votes.

Answer 2

The mayor received 510 votes.

What is a Proportion?

• Proportion is the relative part of the whole contribution.
• It is usually denoted by fractions.

Given: The mayor receives 75% of the votes in a town election.

Total number of people voted = 680

We have to find the number of votes the mayor received.

To find that, we have to find the 75% of the total votes of the people.

75% of 680 will be given by:

⇒ (75/100) × 680

⇒ (75 × 680)/100

⇒ 51000/100

⇒ 510

Therefore, the total number of votes received by mayor will be 510.

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