There are three people running to be elected as the Town Clerk. If the first person gets 1/3 of the votes, and the second person gets 2/15 of the votes, what is the total votes for the two people?(1 point)
Responses
318
Start Fraction 3 over 18 End Fraction
715
Start Fraction 7 over 15 End Fraction
315
Start Fraction 3 over 15 End Fraction
12
Start Fraction 1 over 2 End Fraction
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To find the total votes for the two people, you need to add up the fractions of votes each person received.
Person 1 received 1/3 of the votes.
Person 2 received 2/15 of the votes.
To add fractions, you need to have a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 15.
1/3 can be converted to 5/15 by multiplying the numerator and denominator by 5.
5/15 + 2/15 = 7/15
So the total votes for the two people is 7/15.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
715 (Start Fraction 7 over 15 End Fraction)