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Example Question #2032 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
Refer to the above diagram. If there were voters who were registered as neither Republicans nor Democrats in Smith County in , how many voters (nearest whole number) were there total?
of the voters were unaffiliated, and were affiliated with other parties, so of the voters were registered as neither Republicans nor Democrats. Since of the voters numbered , we can find the total number of voters by setting up and solving a proportion:
which rounds to voters.
Example Question #11 : How To Find The Whole From The Part With Percentage
25% of fish are blue (50 fish). 50% of fish are green (100 fish). The remaining fish are red. How many fish are red?
First, we need to determine the percentage of fish that are red. So add the percentages of blue and green fish and then subtract this number from 100. So,
and
If you notice that the problem already states how many fish constitute 25 percent, you don’t need to do any more work! Therefore, 50 fish are red.
Example Question #12 : How To Find The Whole From The Part With Percentage
0.45 is 24% of what number?
The answer multiplied by 24%, or, equivalently, 0.24, is 0.45. Subsequently, divide 0.45 by 0.24.
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