The two-way table shows the number of men and women who voted for Candidate A or B.

What percent of people who voted for Candidate A were women? Express your answer to the nearest whole percent.

%

Men Women
Candidate A 1253 1921
Candidate B 1564 1723

Question

The two-way table shows the number of men and women who voted for Candidate A or B.
 
What percent of people who voted for Candidate A were women? Express your answer to the nearest whole percent.
 
  %
 
 	Men	Women
Candidate A	1253	   1921
Candidate B	1564	   1723

anonymous · Answer

@paki @peterg2001

girlgoyleh. · Answer

do you have any idea?

anonymous · Answer

no

girlgoyleh. · Answer

so we'd have to find how many people are in candidate a all together

anonymous · Answer

ohh ok

girlgoyleh. · Answer

but thats not the answer just yet

girlgoyleh. · Answer

what did you get when you added them?

anonymous · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

6461

girlgoyleh. · Answer

1253 plus 1921 is 3174
now you have to divide 3174 by how many women there are

girlgoyleh. · Answer

so thats 3174 dived by 1921

anonymous · Answer

?. in total all the numbers add up to 6461

girlgoyleh. · Answer

no, you must have added wrong. only add candidate a

anonymous · Answer

ohh ok

girlgoyleh. · Answer

so when i divided 3174  by 1921 i got (using a calculator) 1.6522644456

girlgoyleh. · Answer

now you have to mulitply that by 100

girlgoyleh. · Answer

wait a second, i think i did it wrong oh goodness

texaschic101 · Answer

women in group A          1921
----------------  =  --------- = 0.605 = 61%
total of group A               3174

anonymous · Answer

i got 165.226445

girlgoyleh. · Answer

yes thats wrong sorry, listen to @texaschic101

anonymous · Answer

ok thx guys gtg

girlgoyleh. · Answer

yeah sorry, we were supposed to divide 1921 by 3174 i mixed it the other way around :P