A candidate’s share of the votes varies directly as the number of votes cast for the candidate.
In a city council election with four candidates, Al received 540 votes and earned a 36% share of
the votes. Bob received 720 votes. What was Bob’s corresponding share of the votes?

Question

A candidate’s share of the votes varies directly as the number of votes cast for the candidate. 
In a city council election with four candidates, Al received 540 votes and earned a 36% share of 
the votes. Bob received 720 votes. What was Bob’s corresponding share of the votes?

anonymous · Answer

You can set this up as a proportion:
(Bob's percent)/(number of Bob votes) = (Al's percent)/(number of Al votes)
Know how to proceed?