Question

If there are 5,900 eligible voters in a certain town and 4,200 voted, what percentage of eligible voters actually voted? a. 38% b. 42% C. 59% d. 71% e. 83%

Answer 1

ANSWER

d. 71%

EXPLANATION

There are 5,900 eligible voters and only 4,200 people voted.

To find the percentage of eligible voters that actually voted, we have to divide the number of people that voted by the total numbr of eligible voters.

That is:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{4200}{5900}\cdot\text{ 100} \\ \approx\text{ }71\text{ \%} \end{gathered}$

That is the answer.