Question

There are 100 senators in the US senate, At least 2/3 of them vote yes in order to ratify or approve, a treaty. What is the least number of yes votes needed to ratify a treaty? Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Answer:

At least 67 votes

Explanation:

We were given the following information:

There are 100 senators in the US senate,

At least 2/3 of them vote yes in order to ratify or approve, a treaty

The least number of votes needed is calculated below:

$\begin{gathered} x\ge\frac{2}{3}(100) \\ \text{Expand the bracket, we have:} \\ x\ge66.6667 \\ x\ge67 \\ \\ \therefore x\ge67 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, they must have at least 67 votes to ratify a treaty