Question

Utopia has a population of 17,000. If 70% of the population voted in the last presidential election, how many people voted in the election? answer asap

Answer 1

17000 multiplied by .7 should be the answer

Answer 2

The answer is: 11,900 people

The equation to solve this would be:
17,000 x .70

**Remember that when dealing with percents, move the decimal place two spaces back to convert in into a decimal

Hope this helps!