Question

39. ELECTIONS In an election, the winning candidate receives 60% of the votes. What percent of the votes does the other candidate receive?

Answer 1

40%, the total percentage of votes is 100 so you would subtract 60% from 100 which leaves you with 40%

Answer 2

40%

Explanation:

using our lovely knowledge of percents (or per 100s) we can see that 100-60 is 40, which means only 40% of the votes go to the losing candidate