The percentage of votes claimed by Adam is 53.62 %
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
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
<em><u>The formula used is:</u></em>

<em><u>Substituting the values we get,</u></em>

Thus percentage of votes claimed by Adam is 53.62 %
Answer:
The answer is "The discriminant is positive"
Step-by-step explanation:
When the discriminant is positive there is two real solutions.
When the discriminant is equal to 0, there is one real solution.
When the discriminant is negative, there is no real number solutions.