Eighty senators voted yes on a bill to allow unintended pets to enter supermarkets and shop for their own food. The bill passed by a ratio of 7:3. How many total people voted for or against the bill?
7x+3x = 80
solve for x, and the groups are 7x and 3x
7x+3x=80 that would be 8.. I don't get it
To find the total number of people who voted for or against the bill, we can calculate the sum of both sides of the ratio.
Let's denote the total number of people who voted for the bill as "x". Since the ratio of "yes" votes to "no" votes is 7:3, we can deduce that the number of "no" votes is (3/7) * x.
According to the information given, 80 senators voted yes on the bill. Therefore, the equation becomes:
80 = 7/10 * x
To isolate x, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 10/7:
80 * (10/7) = x
Simplifying the equation:
800/7 ≈ 114.29
Since we are dealing with whole numbers, we can round up to the nearest whole number, giving us a total of 115 for x.
So, a total of 115 people voted for or against the bill.