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To calculate how many votes Mrs. Jones had received, you would begin by converting 70% into a decimal, and then multiplying that decimal by the total number of votes.
Remember, all percentages are out of 100. So, 70/100 can be simplified into 7/10. As a decimal, 7/10 would be 0.7.
Next, we multiply 0.7 by the total number of votes, which is 1,500.
0.7 · 1500 = 1050
Therefore, in this election, Mrs. Jones received 1,050 votes out of the total 1,500 votes casted.
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First off, 2/10 can be simplified. 2 divided by 2 is 1. So the numerator is 1. 10divided by 2 is 5. Denominator is 5. So right now your first fraction is 2/5. 2/5 divided by 1/2. First, you keep your first fraction. You switch the division sign to multiplication, and always do the reciprocal (flip it around) of the second fraction. So instead of 1/2, it would be 2/1. Then multiply. 2/5 x 2/1. 2x2 is 4, 5x1 is 5. 4- numerator/5-denominator. Your answer is 4/5.
