the senate passed a bill by a ratio of 8 to 1. if 90 senators voted in all, how many voted for the bill?
80 i think im not sure tho
80 is the anser
Yep just to the quiz 100% it is 80!
To determine how many senators voted for the bill, we need to use the ratio of 8 to 1.
First, let's calculate the total number of votes for the bill and against the bill. For every 8 votes for the bill, there is 1 vote against it. So, we can say that for every 9 votes (8 + 1), 8 votes are for the bill and 1 vote is against it.
Next, we need to find out how many groups of 9 there are in the total number of senators who voted, which is 90. We can do this by dividing 90 by 9:
90 / 9 = 10
This means there are 10 groups of 9 votes in the total. Since each group has 8 votes for the bill, we can multiply the number of groups (10) by the number of votes for the bill in each group (8) to find the total number of votes for the bill:
10 groups × 8 votes = 80 votes
Therefore, 80 senators voted for the bill.