Two-thirds of the students who voted for student council president voted for Aisha. Aisha received 216 votes. Write and solve an equation to find the total number of students who voted in the election for student council president. Explain the steps you used.

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williamwu309 williamwu309 · Answer 1 · 2017-02-25T17:20:09-05:00

2/3x = 216, so x would have to be the reciprocal of 2/3 to equal x, so x = 3/2. 3/2 216 = 108 3 = 324

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sheenuvt12 sheenuvt12 · Answer 2 · 2022-06-03T16:42:49-04:00

The total number of students who voted in the election for student council president is 324.

Algebra is a branch of mathematics dealing with symbols and the rules for manipulating those symbols

let the number of students be 'x'.

Two-thirds of the students who voted for student council president

So, 2/3 x.

Thus, Aisha received 216 votes.

2/3 x= 216

x= 216*3/2

x= 324.

Hence, the total number of students who voted in the election for student council president is 324.

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