Answer:
1) Total votes = 260
2) option (a) CANNOT be used to answer this question
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Step-by-step explanation:
Part (A)
let all the votes = x
Violet received 156 votes which equal to 60% of all the votes
∴ 156 = 60% of x
60% = 60/100 = 0.6
∴156 = 0.6 x ⇒ x = 156/0.6 = 260 votes
Part (B) :
options (b), (c) and (d) can be used to answer this question because they will give the same result of part (A)
While option (a) CANNOT be used to answer this question.
Check the following
a. 0.6 times 156 = x ⇒ x = 93.6
b. 156 = 0.6x ⇒ x = 260
c. 156/0.6 = x ⇒ x = 260
d. 156/x = 60/100 ⇒ x = 260
