Question

Diana received 300 votes in the election for student council president. That was 60% of the students who voted in the election. Using a double number line to find your answer, how many students voted in the election? (please help)

Answer 1

Answer:

500 students.

Step-by-step explanation:

300 votes is 60%.

100%-60% is 40%

so 40% voted for the other person.

Work backwards:

x * 0.6=300

0.6x=300

x=300/0.6 which is 500.

500*0.4 is 200.

300+200 is 500.

Hope this helps :) I am terribly sorry if it is wrong or not using the number line.