Question

During a recent election, 42 of every 100 registered voters in a certain city voted. If there were 142,400 registered voters in that city, how many people voted?

[ __ ] people voted in the recent election. ?

Answer 1

142,400*0.42= 59,808
Which means: 59,808 people voted in the recent election.

Answer 2

42 / 100 is 42%.
42% of 142,400 is 59,808.
Theoretically, 59,808 people voted in that city.