Darnell's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 19 were in favor of the new speed limit and 81 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit?

Question

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

Answer 1

To find the percentage of votes in favor of the new speed limit, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Percentage in favor} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of votes in favor}}{\text{Total number of votes}} \right) \times 100 \]

In this case, the number of votes in favor is 19 and the number of votes opposed is 81. First, we need to calculate the total number of votes:

\[ \text{Total number of votes} = \text{Votes in favor} + \text{Votes opposed} = 19 + 81 = 100 \]

Now, we can plug the values into the percentage formula:

\[ \text{Percentage in favor} = \left( \frac{19}{100} \right) \times 100 \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ \text{Percentage in favor} = 19% \]

Thus, the percentage of the votes that were in favor of the new speed limit is 19%.