Answer: Rachel recieved 45 votes.
Step-by-step explanation: Any easy way to solve this is to has the demonimator equal the total amount of votes. So in the questions, 8 is the denominator and 72 is the total amount of votes. To get from 8 to 72, you need to multiple 8 by 9. And whatever you do to the denominator, you must do to the numerator. So, 5 times 9 equal 45 which is the number of votes Rachel recieved.