Problema Solution

During a recent election, 52 of every 100 registered voters in a certain city voted. If there were 174,700 registered voters in that city, how many people voted?

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let 'x' be the number of the people that voted


52 : 100 = x : 174700


by solving the equation we find


x = 90,844 people voted


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