Question

There were 220 people who voted at the Great Turkey Dinner meeting. Sixty percent of the voters are in favor of serving turkey. How many are against serving turkey? Use numbers and words to explain your answer.

Answer 1

Out of the 220 people who voted at the meeting, 132 are in favor of serving turkey, which leaves 88 people against serving turkey.

Step-by-step explanation:

At the Great Turkey Dinner meeting, there were 220 voters. If 60% are in favor of serving turkey, this means 60/100 of the total number of voters support the idea. To find out how many people are in favor, we do the following calculation: (220 voters) × (60/100) = 132 voters in favor of serving turkey. To find out how many are against serving turkey, we subtract the number of voters in favor from the total number of voters: 220 total voters – 132 in favor = 88 against serving turkey.