Question

The winner in a vote for class president received 3/4 of the 240 votes. How many votes did the winner receive?

Answer 1

Now, to solve this, you would need to cross multiply. The equation would look like this...

`(3)/(4)` =
`(x)/(240)`

After cross multiplying, you would be left with the following.
4x = 720

All you would have to do now is solve for x.

`(4x)/(4)` =
`(720)/(4)` = 180

The answer would be, the winner for class president received 180 votes.

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

The answer to3/4 of 240 is 180