Your county proposes a new bill to help provide funds for dog walkers at the local animal shelter. Over a two-day voting period, the county finds 3/8 of the voters are in favor of the bill and the next day 1/4 are in favor. How many total voters are in favor of the bill?
Its 5/8
Apologies for the incorrect division in my previous response. You are correct, the total number of voters in favor of the bill is indeed 5/8.
To calculate the total number of voters in favor of the bill, we need to know the total number of voters in the county. Without that information, we cannot determine the exact number of voters in favor of the bill.
To find the total number of voters in favor of the bill, we need to add the fractions representing the number of voters on each day.
On the first day, 3/8 of the voters are in favor.
On the second day, 1/4 of the voters are in favor.
To add the fractions, we need to find a common denominator.
The common denominator of 8 and 4 is 8.
Therefore, we can rewrite the fractions as (3/8) and (2/8).
Adding these fractions together, we get 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8.
So, a total of 5/8 of the voters are in favor of the bill.
To convert this fraction to a decimal, we divide the numerator (5) by the denominator (8):
5 ÷ 8 ≈ 0.625
Therefore, approximately 62.5% of the voters are in favor of the bill.
However, we cannot determine the total number of voters without additional information.