Question

The students in Jason's grade voted to select a guest speaker. 90% of the students voted for a famous athlete. If 36 students voted for the famous athlete, what was the total number of students that voted?

Answer 1

40 people voted in total.

Explanation:

All right, this looks fun.

So, we know 36 students are 90% of the people that voted, and we want to find the total amount of people that voted.

The question we are really asking is "36 is 90% of what?"

To solve this, we set up an equation and solve for x.

36 = 0.90 * x

To get x alone divide by 0.90 on both sides.

36 divided by 0.90 = 40

Therefore 40 people voted in total.