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2/3 of students who voted for student council president voted for Ashia. Ashia received 216 votes. Write and solve an equation to find the total number of students who voted in the election for student
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2/3 of students who voted for student council president voted for Ashia. Ashia received 216 votes. Write and solve an equation to find the total number of students who voted in the election for student council president. Explain the steps you used.

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if  3/3 would be all the students voting and 216 is 2/3 than divide 216 and get 108. 108 is 1/3 so 108+108 is 2/3 and 108+108+108 is 3/3 I believe the answer is 324   
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