In a local election, one candidate received 43% of the votes. Only 87 people voted in the election.

Question

Which proportion could be used to find how many votes the candidate received?

87/x = 43/100
x/87 = 43/100
x/43 = 100/87
43/x = 87/100

Answer 1

To find how many votes the candidate received, we can use the proportion that relates the number of votes to the total votes.

In this case, the candidate received 43% of the 87 votes. The correct proportion to use is:

\[ \frac{x}{87} = \frac{43}{100} \]

Where \( x \) represents the number of votes the candidate received.

Thus, the correct answer is:

x/87 = 43/100