Question

A town has 5000 residents, of whom 60% voted in a local council election. The result was that, of those who voted, 37% voted for p, 32% for Q and 31% for R. Under the voting system, P was elected. The number of residents who voted for P was:

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the number of residents who voted for P, we first need to calculate the total number of residents who voted in the election:

5000 residents x 60% who voted = 3000 residents who voted

Next, we calculate the number of votes received by each candidate:

- Candidate P: 37% of 3000 votes = 0.37 x 3000 = 1110 votes
- Candidate Q: 32% of 3000 votes = 0.32 x 3000 = 960 votes
- Candidate R: 31% of 3000 votes = 0.31 x 3000 = 930 votes

Since candidate P won the election, the number of residents who voted for P is 1110 votes.