Question

the table shows the fraction of votes that each candidate received. if 230 students voted, how many students voted for each candidate? Naomi 3/5, Luke 3/10, Natalie 1/10

Answer 1

3/5=6/10 so Naomi got 138.
Luke got 69.
And Natalie got 23.

Answer 2

To get the number of students who voted for each candidate, we multiply their respective fractions by the total number of votes.


`<b><u>NAOMI,</u></b>`


`(3)/(5) * 230`

We reduce to obtain,


`= (3)/(1) * 46`

We now multiply out to get,


`= 138`

Hence Naomi had 138 votes.


`<b><u>LUKE</u></b>`


`(3)/(10) * 230`


`= (3)/(1) * 23`
We now multiply again to get;


`= 69`

Luke also had 69 votes.


`<b><u>NATALIE</u></b>`

We again use the fraction to multiply the total number of votes.


`(1)/(10) * 230`


`= (1)/(1) * 23`


`= 23`

Therefore Natalie also had 23 votes.