atiyajones11
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  • 09-08-2018
  • Mathematics
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Carlos received 84 votes. That was 3 of every 7 votes cast in the Class President election. How many votes were cast?

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bawbdmo
bawbdmo bawbdmo
  • 09-08-2018

This is a ratio question.

[tex] \frac{84}{x}=\frac{3}{7} \implies \\
\frac{x}{84}=\frac{7}{3} \implies \\
x=\frac{84*7}{3} \implies\\
x=28*7 \implies \\
x=196 [/tex]

There were 196 votes cast.

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