In a recent election of all votes cast were for Candidate A and 1 were for Candidate B.
What fraction of ballots were cast for someone other than Candidate A or Candidate B?

Question

In a recent election  of all votes cast were for Candidate A and 1  were for Candidate B.
What fraction of ballots were cast for someone other than Candidate A or Candidate B?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The total fraction of votes cast for Candidate A and Candidate B is  11ebb939_4a40_fea7_9e6c_3db2711e5b26_TB8446_11 + 1 11ebb939_4a40_fea8_9e6c_a3a62e992368_TB8446_11 =  11ebb939_4a41_25ba_9e6c_ed7fff4525ce_TB8446_11.
Therefore, the fraction of votes cast for someone other than Candidate A or Candidate B is 1 - 11ebb939_4a41_25ba_9e6c_ed7fff4525ce_TB8446_11 = 11ebb939_4a41_25bb_9e6c_751d2e4b705b_TB8446_11 or C. The total percentage of votes cast for both Candidate A and Candidate B is 11ebb939_4a40_fea7_9e6c_3db2711e5b26_TB8446_11 + 1 11ebb939_4a40_fea8_9e6c_a3a62e992368_TB8446_11 = 11ebb939_4a41_25b9_9e6c_d1a6a5d6c5bb_TB8446_11. Therefore, the percentage of votes cast for someone other than Candidate A or Candidate B is 100% - 11ebb939_4a41_25b9_9e6c_d1a6a5d6c5bb_TB8446_11 = 11ebb939_4a41_25bb_9e6c_751d2e4b705b_TB8446_11, which is answer choice C.

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