Question

In the class election, the student who gets the highest number of votes will become the class president and the one who gets the second highest number of votes will become the class vice president. Tabitha and four other students were candidates. Tabitha’s teacher announces the election results as percentages of the total number of votes. Two hundred votes were cast in the election. In this activity, you will relate the percentages of the votes received to the actual numbers.

Question 1
The table gives the percentage of votes each candidate received. Use the information in the table to understand the results of the election.

Candidate Percentage of Votes
Tabitha 30%
Vincent 12%
Esmeralda 22%
Nancy 5%
Tyler 31%

Answer 1

Tabitha should be president and Tyler for vice president

Answer 2

Answer: Tyler for first and Tabitha for second

Step-by-step explanation: if you have 100% then the percentage would just be itself to 30% would be 30 and 12% would be 12 and 22% would be 22 and 5% would be 5 and 31% would be 31 so the Class president would be Tyler and the vice president would be Tabatha