Question

the table shows the fraction of votes that each candidate received. if 230 students voted, how many students voted for each candidate? Naomi 3/5, Luke 3/10, Natalie 1/10

Answer 1

3/5=6/10 so Naomi got 138.
Luke got 69.
And Natalie got 23.

Answer 2

To get the number of students who voted for each candidate, we multiply their respective fractions by the total number of votes.

$<b><u>NAOMI,</u></b>$

$\frac{3}{5} \times 230$

We reduce to obtain,

$= \frac{3}{1} \times 46$

We now multiply out to get,

$= 138$

Hence Naomi had 138 votes.

$<b><u>LUKE</u></b>$

$\frac{3}{10} \times 230$

$= \frac{3}{1} \times 23$
We now multiply again to get;

$= 69$

Luke also had 69 votes.

$<b><u>NATALIE</u></b>$

We again use the fraction to multiply the total number of votes.

$\frac{1}{10} \times 230$

$= \frac{1}{1} \times 23$

$= 23$

Therefore Natalie also had 23 votes.