In an election, 1,860 people voted for candidate A or B. If candidate A received 55% of the votes, how many votes did candidate B receive?

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anonymous · Answer

subtract 55% from 100% which is representing the percentage of the total votes......you get 45%.........that means that candidate B got 45% of the total votes.......

anonymous · Answer

the choices are (1) 186 (2) 832 (3) 1,023 (4) 1,805

anonymous · Answer

you could also choose to find 55% of the total votes........and subtract what you get from the total number of votes to find the number of votes candidate B has....

anonymous · Answer

which method do you prefer??? so I can continue  with the explanation..

anonymous · Answer

the "you could also choose to find 55% of the total votes........and subtract what you get from the total number of votes to find the number of votes candidate B has...."

anonymous · Answer

I got (3) 1023

anonymous · Answer

@trini_00x how?

anonymous · Answer

i can choose to that in just one step.....
$$B = 1860- (\frac{ 55 }{ 100 } \times 1860)$$
$$B = 837$$

anonymous · Answer

i think for the the #2 choice it is supposed to be 837 instead of 832......or maybe the value you gave for the total number of votes is wrong...

anonymous · Answer

Wait, I got 837 votes. I dont know why i got 1023 thats incorrect. But 837 isnt an option...

anonymous · Answer

Yea I think its supposed to be 837 instead of 832

anonymous · Answer

yeah sorry! thank you guys so much!

anonymous · Answer

its 837 not 832! sorry!

anonymous · Answer

Your welcome :D

anonymous · Answer

yw...