Question

A total of 29,183 votes were cast in an election.the winning candidate in the election received 6.13% of the votes.which of the following is closest to the number of votes received by the winning candidate

Answer 1

EDIT:

Question format was wrong.

Real question:

A total of 29,183 votes were cast in an election.the winning candidate in the election received 61.3% of the votes. Which of the following is closest to the number of votes received by the winning candidate?

Answer:

You have 29,183 votes.

The winning candidate got 61.3% of the votes.

You'd take 61.3% out of 29,183 votes which would be 17,889.179
( or 0.613 * 29,183 )

Rounded up that would be 17,889.

Use 17,889 to find your answer.