four candidates were running for class president

Question

School election survey
deb - 10
janelle-20
rasheed - 12
terry - 8

a total of 800 students are expected to vote in the election,how many votes is deb expected to recive

Answer 1

To find out how many votes Deb is expected to receive, you can first calculate the total number of survey responses and then determine Deb's share based on her percentage of the survey responses.

1. Calculate the total number of responses in the survey: \[ \text{Total responses} = \text{Deb} + \text{Janelle} + \text{Rasheed} + \text{Terry} = 10 + 20 + 12 + 8 = 50 \]

2. Calculate Deb's percentage of the total responses: \[ \text{Deb's percentage} = \frac{\text{Deb's votes}}{\text{Total responses}} \times 100 = \frac{10}{50} \times 100 = 20% \]

3. Calculate the expected votes based on the total number of students expected to vote: \[ \text{Expected votes for Deb} = \text{Total expected voters} \times \frac{\text{Deb's percentage}}{100} = 800 \times 0.20 = 160 \]

Thus, Deb is expected to receive 160 votes.