Word problem

Question

Forty percent of the votes chose shane. If 540 voters chose the other candidates, how many votes were there?

Answer 1

Another way to phrase this question is, "540 is 60% of what number?"

 

540/x = 60/100, where x = the total number of votes

 

540/x = 3/5

3x = 2700

x = 900, there were 900 votes