For a singing contest in which 42,000 votes were cast, the winner received 3/5 of the votes. How many votes did the winner not r

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Dafna11 [192]

3 years ago

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For a singing contest in which 42,000 votes were cast, the winner received 3/5 of the votes. How many votes did the winner not r

eceive?

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2 answers:

bagirrra123 [75] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-30T15:00:32+03:00

bagirrra123 [75]3 years ago

8 0

If the winner received 3/5 of the votes, then the winner did not receive 2/5 of the vote

2/5 of 42,000..." of " means multiply
2/5 * 42,000 =
84,000/5 =
16800 <=====

zaharov [31] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-30T13:32:24+03:00

zaharov [31]3 years ago

3 0

The winner did not receive 2/5 of the votes, so in numerical values, that would be 16, 800 votes