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The students at Mill Middle School held a class

election. Alyssa and Megan were the only two
candidates running for class president. Megan
received 21 votes and Alyssa received 29 votes.
What percent of the votes did Alyssa receive?

The students at Mill Middle School held a class election. Alyssa and Megan were the-example-1

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4 votes

Total no.of votes = 21+29=50

No. of votes Megan received = 20

No.of votes Alyssa received = 29

Let x% be the percentage of votes Alyssa received.

Which means :


= x \: \% \: of \: 50 = 29


= (x)/(100) * 50 = 29


= (50x)/(100) = 29


= 50x = 29 * 100


= 50x = 2900


= x = (2900)/(50)


= \bold{x = 58\%}

Therefore, Alyssa received 58% of the total votes.

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