Question

There were 200 people who voted at the town council meeting. Of these people, 40% voted for building a new basketball court in the park. How many people voted against building the new basketball court? Use numbers and words to explain the answer you got

Answer 1

What are we given:
200 voters
40% voted FOR basketball court

Solution:
200/10 = 20
20 = 10%
10%*6 = 20*6
60% = 120

120 people voted against the basketball court.

Answer 2

Answer : The number of people voted against building the new basketball court are, 120 people.

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that there are 200 people who voted at the town council meeting and 40% voted for building a new basketball court in the park.

That means,

The percentage of people who voted for building a new basketball court in the park = 40 %

The percentage of people who against voted for building a new basketball court in the park = 100 - 40 % = 60 %

Now we have to determine the number of people voted against building the new basketball court.

Number of people voted against building the new basketball court =
`200* 60\%`

Number of people voted against building the new basketball court =
`200* (60)/(100)=120`

Thus, the number of people voted against building the new basketball court are, 120 people.