. Every member of a high school class of 150 students was polled to see whom they would vote for in the election for student body president. The poll results are shown below.



Candidate 1 46%

Candidate 2 30%

Undecided 24%

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What is your question?
Every member of a high school class of 150 students was polled to see whom they would vote for in the election for student body president. The poll results are shown below.



Candidate 1 46%

Candidate 2 30%

Undecided 24%

If half of the undecided voters vote for Candidate 1 and the other half vote for Candidate 2, which of the following is the number of votes Candidate 2 will receive?

A. 45

B. 63

C. 69

D.0.87

The answer is 63.
45
How did you get 63
24% of 150 =36 (undecided)

30% of 150 =45 (candidate 2)

Half of undecided =18

Therefore 18 + 45 = 63