Question

Inspired by election season, Evan decided to run for class president. He earned 80% of the votes in his class. If he earned 24 votes, how many students were in his class? ( with a explanation on how you got the answer)

Answer 1

Answer:

It is 30.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

30 students (30 total voters)

Step-by-step explanation:

Let s represent the number of students in the class.  Evan earned 80% of these votes, which came to 24 votes.  Symbolically, we have:

                                                                                                  24 votes

0.80s = 24 votes.  Therefore, s = total number of voters = ---------------- = 30 voters                                                                                              0.8

The total number of students (voters) in his class was 30.