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Posted by sarah on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 9:35pm.

In the voting for city council precinct 5 only 1/2 of all eligible voters cast votes. Shelley- 1/10 votes recieved and Daley 2/8 votes recieved. what fraction of all eligible voters voted for shelley? Daley? Who recieved the most votes?

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math - Lee, Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 1:07am
Shelley 1/10 of ½ eligible and 1/20 of all eligible

Daley 2/8 of ½ eligible and 2/16 of all eligible

Shelley got 1/10 or .1 votes
Daley got 2/8 or .25

Daley got the most votes

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