a television show announcer asked viewers to online for their favorite commercial. the viewers could choose from one of three commercials. the result of their votes are shown below.

- a total of 1,000 votes were cast
- 25% of the votes were for the first commercial
-2/5 of the votes were for the second commercial

the remaining votes were for the third commercial. what is the total number of votes for the third commercial??

Question

a television show announcer asked viewers to online for their favorite commercial. the viewers could choose from one of three commercials. the result of their votes are shown below. 

- a total of 1,000 votes were cast
- 25% of the votes were for the first commercial 
-2/5 of the votes were for the second commercial

the remaining votes were for the third commercial. what is the total number of votes for the third commercial??

anonymous · Answer

Ok, so, to find out how many votes were for the third commercial, you have to find out how many votes were for the first commercial

anonymous · Answer

And the second commercial

anonymous · Answer

To find out how many votes were for the first commercial, do 25% of 1,000

anonymous · Answer

the first commercial has 25%
the second commercial has 2/5

anonymous · Answer

The first commercial has 25% of 1000. Do you know what 25% is?

anonymous · Answer

no

anonymous · Answer

25% simply means 25/100. 25/100 is 1/4

anonymous · Answer

ohhhhhhh ok what do i do??

anonymous · Answer

So, you have to find 1/4 of 1000 to find how many people watched the first commercial, once you do that, then we will continue to solve your problem

anonymous · Answer

what do u mean find 1/4 of 1000??

anonymous · Answer

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