In voting for the fifth grade class president only 1/3 of the students cast votes. What fraction of the whole class voted for tim for selena who received the most votes.
Class president candidate fraction votes received
Tim 2/6
SELENA 1/4
Is the answer 2/18 for tim
And 1/12 for selena. Tim got the most votes
You made a small mistake when calculating the fraction of the whole class that voted for each candidate. Since only 1/3 of the students cast votes, we should multiply the fraction of votes received by each candidate by 1/3 to find the fraction of the whole class that voted for each candidate.
For Tim:
(2/6) * (1/3) = 2/18 = 1/9
For Selena:
(1/4) * (1/3) = 1/12
So, 1/9 of the class voted for Tim, and 1/12 of the class voted for Selena. Tim got the most votes.
To find the fraction of the whole class that voted for Tim and Selena, we need to calculate the total votes cast for each candidate.
The fraction of votes received by Tim is 2/6, which can be simplified to 1/3.
To calculate Tim's total votes in the class, we multiply his fraction of votes (1/3) by the fraction of students who voted (1/3):
Total votes for Tim = (1/3) * (1/3) = 1/9
Similarly, the fraction of votes received by Selena is 1/4.
To calculate Selena's total votes in the class, we multiply her fraction of votes (1/4) by the fraction of students who voted (1/3):
Total votes for Selena = (1/4) * (1/3) = 1/12
Therefore, the fraction of the whole class that voted for Tim is 1/9, and the fraction that voted for Selena is 1/12.
It seems there was an error in your calculation. Tim received the most votes with a fraction of 1/9, not 2/18, and Selena received 1/12 of the votes, not 1/12.
To find the fraction of the whole class that voted for Tim and Selena, you'll need to calculate the fraction of the students who cast votes. Then, you can multiply that fraction by the fraction of votes each candidate received.
Given that only 1/3 of the students cast votes, we can say that the fraction of the whole class that voted is 1/3.
To find the fraction of the whole class that voted for Tim, we multiply the fraction of voters (1/3) by the fraction of votes Tim received (2/6):
(1/3) * (2/6) = 2/18
Therefore, 2/18 is the correct answer for Tim.
Similarly, to find the fraction of the whole class that voted for Selena, we multiply the fraction of voters (1/3) by the fraction of votes she received (1/4):
(1/3) * (1/4) = 1/12
So, 1/12 is the correct answer for Selena.
Since Tim received the most votes, we can conclude that he got 2/18 of the whole class's votes.