Question

Aidan is running for student body president. In today's election, he received 462 votes out of a total of 825 votes cast. What percent of votes did Aidan get? %

Answer 1

56%

Explanation:

Aidan got fifty-six percent of the votes.

To solve this problem, start by letting p represent the unknown percent and write the percent as the fraction p over one hundred.

Write a second ratio that expresses the part-whole relationship between the numbers four hundred sixty-two over eight hundred twenty-five.

Set up a proportion between the two ratios.

Write the cross product equation. Eight hundred twenty-five p equals one hundred times four hundred sixty-two, or eight hundred twenty-five p equals forty-six thousand two hundred.

Divide each side of the equation by eight hundred twenty-five to solve for p.

p equals fifty-six.

Aidan received fifty-six percent of the votes cast.

Answer 2

Aidan got 56% of votes.

Explanation:

Given:

Aidan is running for student body president. In today's election, he received 462 votes out of a total of 825 votes cast.

Now, to find the percent of votes did Aidan get.

Total votes cast = 825 votes.

Votes he received = 462 votes.

Now, to get the percent of votes Aidan get:

`(Votes\ he\ received)/(Total\ votes\ cast) * 100`

`=(462)/(825) * 100`

`=0.56* 100`

`=56\%.`

Therefore, Aidan got 56% of votes.