<u><em>Answer:</em></u>
Boris received 40% of the votes
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
<u>We are given that:</u>
Total number of votes = 40 votes
Boris got 16 votes
<u>To get the % of votes:</u>
We will divide the number of votes Boris got by the total number of votes. Then, multiply the quotient by 100 to get the percentage
<u>This is done as follows: </u>
% of votes = = 40% of the votes
Hope this helps :)