Going into a recent election, only about 62% of people old enough to vote were registered. In a community of about 55,200 eligible voters, how many people were registered?

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Oscar

3 August, 08:44

Going into a recent election, only about 62% of people old enough to vote were registered. In a community of about 55,200 eligible voters, how many people were registered?

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Brodie Rush · Answer 1

All we need to do is to divide the number of eligible voters by 62% to find out how many people have been registered:

55200 : 62% =

= 55200 : 62/100 =

= 55200 * 100/62 =

= 5520000 / 62 =

= 89032,25806451613 ≈ (note the rounding to the nearest whole number)

≈ 89032

Doublecheck:

89032 * 62% =

= 89032 * 62/100 =

= 5519984 / 100 =

= 55199,84 ≈ (the difference is because of the rounding before)

≈ 55200

Answer: There were 89,032 people registered.