In a student government election, 7,000 students cast a vote for the incumbent, 900 vote for the opponent, and 100 cast a protest vote. What was the ratio of the incumbent”s votes in the total number of votes?-Jarvis
Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given: Number of students who cast vote for the incumbent = 7,000
Number of students who cast vote for the opponent = 900
Number of protest votes = 100
Total number of votes cast = 7000+900+100=8000
Ratio of incumbent's votes in the total number of votes can be calculated as = The incumbent's votes/Total number of votes
= 7000/8000
7/8
Thus, ratio of the incumbent's votes in the total number of votes = 7:8.