A candidate took a phone poll of 114 people and found that 87 said they would vote for the other person. There are 9918 people i

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A candidate took a phone poll of 114 people and found that 87 said they would vote for the other person. There are 9918 people i

n the district. About how many people are going to vote for the other candidate
A. 7669 people
B. 7569 people
C. 75,869 people
D. 7596 people

Mathematics

1 answer:

nlexa [21] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-04T06:29:06+03:00

nlexa [21]3 years ago

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Using ratio and proportion, we can solve this problem.
Take the ratio and proportion to both sides,
87people will vote for other person/114 total people=x people/9918 total people
rearrange the equation to get the value of x
x= 7569
The answer is letter b.7569 people.