Question

The students in Camille's grade voted to select a guest speaker. 65% of the students voted for a famous athlete. If there are 60 students in Camille's grade, how many students voted for the athlete?

Answer 1

39 students

Explanation:

In order to solve this you need to first set up a proportion with x equaling the number of students who voted for the athlete, 65/100 = x/60. 65/100 represents 65% and it is equal to a certain number of students out of 60. To solve for x you need to cross multiply so you would have 100x=65(60), simplified this would be 100x=3900, then you divide both sides by 100 to get x over 39. So, 39 students voted for the athlete.