10 (assuming you meant 5 TIMES 2
Ht of ceiling = 10 ft which is two-thirds of living rm ceiling
Ht of living rm ceiling = 2/3x = 10 ft
2/3h = 10 ft
2/3h times 3/2 to solve for h = 10 times 3/2
h = 30/2
h = 15 ft
well, in the election, the losing candidate received 10200 votes, and we know that's 30% of the whole votes cast, le's say the whole amount is "x" or namely 100%.
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A)
Dorian's 3060 is really 30% of 10200, however, the losing candidate received 30% of the total votes cast, and that is 10200, so Dorian mistakenly is using 30% of the 30% received by the losing candidate as point of reference for her total.