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About 3/5th of the registered voters participated in 2016 election. California has 25 million registered voters. Find the number of registered voters who participated in 2016 election?

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Given:

About 3/5th of the registered voters participated in 2016 election.

California has 25 million registered voters.

To find:

The number of registered voters who participated in 2016 election.

Solution:

We have,

Total number of registered voters = 25 million

According to the question,


\text{Registered voters who participated}=(3)/(5)* \text{Total number of registered voters}

Now,


\text{Registered voters who participated}=(3)/(5)* 25


\text{Registered voters who participated}=3* 5


\text{Registered voters who participated}=15

Therefore, there are 15 millions of registered voters who participated in 2016 election.

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