Question

Principal Lopez asked her 500 students to vote on the school's annual gift. 300 students voted to donate a telescope for the science lab. What percent of the students voted to donate a telescope?
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What percent of the students voted to donate a telescope?
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Answer 1

Using the percentage concept, it is found that 60% of the students voted to donate a telescope.

What is a percentage?

The percentage of an amount a over a total amount b is given by a multiplied by 100% and divided by b, that is:

$P = \frac{a}{b} \times 100\%$

In this problem:

• The total amount is the number of students, which is of b = 500.

• 300 voted to donate, hence a = 300.

The percentage is given by:

$P = \frac{300}{500} \times 100\% = 60\%$

60% of the students voted to donate a telescope.

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