The number of people who voted in the most recent local election was up from the last local election by about 24%. Therefore the number of people who voted in this election was how many times the number who voted in the last election

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Madalyn Bean

10 April, 18:49

The number of people who voted in the most recent local election was up from the last local election by about 24%. Therefore the number of people who voted in this election was how many times the number who voted in the last election

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Simone Pacheco · Answer 1

The number of people who voted in this election was 1.24 times the number who voted in the last election

Step-by-step explanation:

The multiplier for a increase of a% is 1 + a/100.

The multiplier for a decrease of b% is 1 - b/100.

In this question:

Up by about 24%, so we want the multiplier for a increase of 24%.

So

1 + (24/100) = 1 + 0.24 = 1.24

The number of people who voted in this election was 1.24 times the number who voted in the last election