Three candidates in a school election for head boy received 350,295 and 855 respectively. What percent of the total votes did the winning candidate receive?
Total Number of votes=350+295+855=1500
Highest votes the boy received=855
%=855/1500 ×100=57%
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Add up all of the votes then divide that number into 855.
855/1500
move the decimal two places to the right and add the % sign.
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To find the percentage of the total votes that the winning candidate received, you need to divide the number of votes received by the winning candidate by the total number of votes and then multiply by 100.
1. Add up the votes received by all the candidates:
350 + 295 + 855 = 1500
2. Divide the votes received by the winning candidate by the total number of votes:
855 / 1500 = 0.57
3. Multiply the result by 100 to find the percentage:
0.57 x 100 = 57%
Therefore, the winning candidate received 57% of the total votes.