We want to find what percent of voters would vote the same way again. To do so, we will use the percent equation.
part = percent * whole
We are told that in survey of 500 voters, 430 said they would vote for the same candidate again. Let's draw a bar diagram to represent the problem. In the diagram, p will represent the desired percent.
Now we will apply the percent equation to the given situation.
part = percent * whole [0.4em] ↓ [0.4em]
430 = p * 500
Next, we will solve the equation that we got for p. To do so, we will use the Division Property of Equality.
We got that p= 0.86 is a solution to the equation. To write the decimal as a percent, we need to move the decimal point two places to the right and write the percent symbol.
0.86 = 86 %
We found that 86 % of the voters would vote the same way again.
