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In an election, everyone voted for either Cindy of Shawn. Cindy received 55% of the voters. Shawn received 423 votes. How many total people voted in the election?

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940 people

Explanation:

since we know that 423 is 45% of the vote, we would do

45/100 =423/x, when you simplify the proportion, you find out that 940 people

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