Question

For a singing contest in which 42,000 votes were cast, the winner received 3/5 of the votes. How many votes did the winner not receive?

Answer 1

The winner did not receive 2/5 of the votes, so in numerical values, that would be 16, 800 votes

Answer 2

if the winner received 3/5 of the votes, then the winner did not receive 2/5 of the vote

2/5 of 42,000..." of " means multiply
2/5 * 42,000 =
84,000/5 =
16800 <=====