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Only 55% of the people in your town voted this year. There are 1,500 people in your town. How many people voted?
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Only 55% of the people in your town voted this year. There are 1,500 people in your town. How many people voted?

User Wared
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1 500 people x 0.55 = 825 people
User Rtomayko
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1500*0.55=825

You know this can be logical because since .55 is a little bit more than half, the answer would be a little more than the half of 1500, which is 750.

825 people voted.
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