Question

A newspaper article reports the results of an election between two candidates. The article says that Smith received 60% of the votes and that Murphy received 1/3 of the votes. A reader writes in to complain that the article cannot be accurate. What reason might the reader have to say this?

Answer 1

the reader might say that because 1/3 of 100% is 33.3 repeting and .60 plus .33 is not 100% it is .93 or 93%.

Answer 2

The reader would write to complain about the result because the sum of the percentage scores do not add up to 100% or 1.

Why would the reader say the result is not accurate?

Percentage is the fraction of an amount that is usually expressed as a number out of hundred. The sum of the percentages must add up to 100.

• Smith's score = 60%
• Murphy's score = 1/3 x 100 = 33.33%
• Sum of scores = 60 + 33.33 = 93.33%

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