Question

5000 people went to vote. Candidate Smith claimed 52% of the votes. Candidate Adams claimed 2681 votes. What percentage does candidate Adams claim.

Answer 1

The percentage of votes claimed by Adam is 53.62 %

Solution:

Given that, 5000 people went to vote

Candidate Smith claimed 52% of the votes. Candidate Adams claimed 2681 votes

To find: Percentage claimed by Adam

From given,

Total number of votes = 5000

Votes claimed by Adam = 2681

The formula used is:

$Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = \frac{\text{votes claimed by adam}}{\text{Total number of votes}} \times 100$

Substituting the values we get,

$Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = \frac{2681}{5000} \times 100\\\\Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = 0.5362 \times 100\\\\Percentage\ claimed\ by\ Adam = 53.62$

Thus percentage of votes claimed by Adam is 53.62 %